Word: helpful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Bridges' cry for help was heard by C.I.O. President Philip Murray, who has no love for fellow-traveling Harry Bridges. But Murray sent Alan Haywood, national director of C.I.O. organizing, and R. J. Thomas, ex-boss of the autoworkers, to San Francisco. Their job was to intercede as agents of the C.I.O., get the owners to renew their offer. This week the Bridges nose was still in the wringer. Haywood returned to Washington, declaring: "The employers are adamant. They will not deal with Harry Bridges...
...rescue him. She failed. Undiscouraged, she came back to the U.S., got a job as a housekeeper for a federal judge. In 1937 she went to Poland again. This time she was a naturalized citizen with a citizen's rights. She had money. With the judge's help, she had even wangled a letter of introduction to U.S. consular officials from Secretary of State Cordell Hull. But she was overwhelmed by red tape all over again, came home without Adolf and with only three dollars in her pocket...
Said a joint announcement by the three Western powers: "Additional food during the winter months will help to sustain the population in their clearly expressed intention not to submit to the harsh consequences of the blockade . . . The Soviet occupation power has vainly attempted to gain political advantages in the city by inhumane and illegal means...
...relief contributed by Arab neighbors so far had amounted to about $6,000,000. More than that would be needed. Shortly before his death, U.N. Mediator Count Folke Bernadotte had issued a worldwide appeal to governments and private organizations for help against "a great human disaster." From 14 nations he got specific promises. The U.S. told Bernadotte that private American assistance had amounted to $800,000, that the U.S. Government was thinking over whether it should do something more. If the U.S. came to the rescue, it might restore part of its shattered prestige in the Arab world...
Even if he were willing to pay a higher price, the average user could not help but conclude that the chances of getting more steel were more than ever against him. Steel production last week reached 98.5% of capacity, a new peacetime high. But the industry's voluntary allocations program, Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer reported, was "grinding to a halt." The reason, said Sawyer, was that Congress failed to extend the allocations law beyond its March 1 deadline, leaving hardly enough time for all the steps involved in making new allocations ("careful study" of every application, followed...