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Word: mr (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...choosing Roland Thomas to front for their union, C. I. O.'s adherents played a smart trick on Homer Martin. When he began to lose his grip on the executive board last year, one member who stood by him was Mr. Thomas. Only when Murray & Hillman intervened did Martin and Thomas finally part company. Thus Homer Martin had to eat many an old word last week when he accused his onetime friend of sabotaging the union...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Two Presidents | 2/6/1939 | See Source »

...celebrate their new opposition, Presidents Thomas & Martin last week debated whether Harry Bennett, personnel director of Ford Motor Co., contributed to U. A. W.'s split by dangling a phoney agreement in front of Homer Martin. Said Mr. Bennett, at last speaking for himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Two Presidents | 2/6/1939 | See Source »

...moved his friend, slow-moving Sir Thomas Inskip, from the post of Minister for the Coordination of Defense, where everyone agreed he had been a first-class failure. Chosen to succeed him was Lord Chatfield, recently retired from active service. It was perhaps the most popular Cabinet move Mr. Chamberlain has ever made...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Defiance, Deference, Defense | 2/6/1939 | See Source »

More "Oi!" The Cabinet shakeup, indicating that at least Mr. Chamberlain intends to energize the rearmament drive, is expected to rally public support for the Government's vast Voluntary National Service registration scheme, inaugurated last week by the Prime Minister with a radio chat from his high armchair at No. 10 Downing Street...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Defiance, Deference, Defense | 2/6/1939 | See Source »

...Motto: Defense." Clearly Mr. Chamberlain had swapped the unpopular nag of appeasement for the glossy war-horse of rearmament, a wise move in view of the fact that 1939 is almost certainly a General Election year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Defiance, Deference, Defense | 2/6/1939 | See Source »

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