Word: membership
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...produced for scrutiny scarcely answered his critics. The chairman got hold of George Deatherage, head of a tiny group known as the Knights of the White Camelia. Deatherage regaled the committee with his ideas concerning the need for booting radicals and Jews out of the country. He proudly claimed membership in an international anti-Communist organization which had headquarters in Rome but admitted that the German consul in this country had refused his requests for aid. The Nazis knew a small-time operator when they saw one, even if Martin Dies didn...
Double Dues. With that off his chest, the Champ turned to union politics. Some delegates had the temerity to demand the right to choose their district officials by a vote of the membership. John L. swiftly squelched that move (21 of his union's 31 districts are ruled by Lewis appointees). It was just a waste of time, said the Great Man, to talk about such things; he could be relied upon to choose competent officials and, if any of them "failed to do the right thing," he would send them back to digging coal...
George Marshall asked Britain's Ernest Bevin and France's Robert Schuman how they felt about letting Franco into U.N. Both were opposed. Marshall agreed that the U.S. would not support the Latin American move for Spain's U.N. membership. The U.S., however, would back repeal of the 1946 resolution-if someone else proposed it. It would also back Spain for membership in U.N.'s non-political affiliates, such as the International Telecommunications Union...
...Teatime Touch. With the benign air of the family's favorite aunt, florid, white-haired Party Chairman Lord Woolton rose on the flower-lined platform to announce good news. Conservative membership had risen from 1,200,000 to 2,250,000 from December 1947 to June 1948. Recent public opinion polls had shown that the Tories were ahead. But the delegates realized that they were still far from home. Said one: "The tide is turning. We must harness it to our projects." Said another: "But what are our projects...
...Club officials wish to emphasize that the organization membership is limited to 70 men, and urge that unless they join now, some people will find the rolls closed by winter...