Word: joined
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee appeared Singer Paul Robeson, a long time fellow traveler, to denounce the bill. He refused to tell whether or not he is a Communist. Declared Robeson: "Nineteen men are about to go to jail for refusing to answer that question. I am prepared to join them." Nobody asked him to go to jail. The subcommittee listened to a few other witnesses, decided to end the hearings. They had already run a day longer than scheduled...
Communists did more than talk. A new rash of Communist-inspired strikes broke out in Italy. In the north, dairy and ricefield workers struck. Sicilian dockworkers and Sardinian coal miners threatened to join. In the Red fortress of Bologna, Communists called a 24-hour general strike. The objects of Communist parliamentary and trade-union tactics: to trip up the government as it inched toward stability...
...Japanese ambassador to the U.S. from 1938 to 1940, was "profoundly impressed with Dr. Buchman." Said grave, grey Dr. Chen Li-fu, newly elected Vice President of China's legislative Yuan: "The Chinese Parliament ... is still in session. But the urgency of the world situation . . . compels me to join forces with you today in this great international family." He told reporters earlier: "If Confucius were alive today, he would probably be here...
...American politics at this point. In Illinois, for example, there is no question that democratic-minded voters should unite to support Professor Paul Douglas against Wayland "Curly" Brooks, who cast one of the House Committee's votes in favor of slashing the ERP appropriation; the third party should join in this unity. And when they convene in Philadelphia June 21, Republican Party delegates should repudiate isolationism with all the emphasis they can muster...
...ribald parody of the Wall Street Journal. In the issue out this week, a loud blast was directed at Outlander (Cleveland) and Banker-Hater Robert R. Young, along with a ribbing cartoon (see cut). Said the Journal: "ICC will give a polite reason for permitting Robert Young to join the New York Central board. Real reason ... is to 'stop those silly...