Word: gandhis
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Ugly was the situation last spring when followers of St. Gandhi won the elections in six Indian provinces under the new Constitution, then refused to become cabinet ministers in the provinces where they had won (TIME, April 12 et ante). Last week His Majesty's Government were glad they had replied to this political boycott by Gandhi's Indian National Congress by simply sitting tight. It was the original contention of Sir Samuel Hoare, chief maker of India's new Constitution when he was Secretary of State for India (TIME, Aug. 12, 1935 et ante), that...
...assure that last week's decision by the executive committee is upheld by the full Congress Committee (a gathering of more than 200 who almost invariably do as they have been told), St. Gandhi last week left his rustic village retreat, came jolting into Wardha on a bullock cart. Had the Mahatma expected opposition, he would have first half starved himself, then insisted upon walking instead of riding in a bullock cart, would have staggered into the Congress Committee and inspired his disciples with their oft-repeated "pangs of remorse for the suffering we cause the Mahatma...
This year George Washington Carver has made two speeches before regional conferences on the Farm Chemurgic Council. Before the microphone he manifested a whimsical simplicity reminiscent of Green Pastures, apostrophizing God as "Mr. Creator." He corresponds with Mahatma Gandhi, whom he emulates in humility and lack of interest in money. When he was younger he got up at 4 a.m., went to the woods to pick flowers, gather specimens, observe animals not visible later in the day, commune with...
Twice gassed and wounded, he was given vocational training by the Veterans Bureau after the War, trying successively art, salesmanship, photography, journalism. On the Omaha World-Herald, his dark skin, long, sharp nose, thinning hair and bespectacled seriousness earned him the nickname "Gandhi...
...least long enough to collect the accumulated back pay due him under the Labor Board's ruling that the AP must compensate him for the difference between his WPA pay, $200 monthly, and his $295 AP salary. Pleased at his victory and at receiving $1,710, Morris ("Gandhi") Watson was not sure that he wished to abandon what has begun to be a successful theatrical career as director of the WPA's "Living Newspaper" project...