Word: martinisms
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Regarding the story of the D. A. R. exclusion of Singer Marian Anderson (TIME, March 6, p. 38) from Convention Hall, Washington, would it not be advisable to suggest to Congressman Martin Dies that he could make a real contribution by investigating the un-American activities of the so-called "Daughters of the American Revolution...
...Homer Martin...
...Homer Martin to reorganize and purify the United Automobile Workers of America. Inasmuch as Mr. Martin had publicly quit C. I. O. (TIME, Jan. 30), and all delegates to his convention had just been read out of the Congress of Industrial Organizations, the buttons had a touch of whimsey...
...Homer Martin refused to regard it as such. He proposed somehow to detach C. I. 0. from John Llewellyn Lewis and denounce the man without denouncing the body. He cried...
Thus disorganization was crowned with confusion. Having kicked out U. A. W.'s five vice presidents and all but nine of its 24 executive board members, Mr. Martin had just been deserted by five more boardmen and so many local officers that everybody lost count. The deserters, of course, went over to Acting President Roland...