Word: oaks
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...twin pincers of the Southern organizing drives by the C.I.O. and the A.F.L. clamped on a major target. Moving through the rolling green hills of East Tennessee, both closed in hungrily on the 59,000-acre Oak Ridge atomic-bomb project...
During the war all unions had agreed not to attempt organizing Oak Ridge workers. But now the battle was on, with Army observers attending union meetings. The C.I.O. boasted of 100 new members a day; A.F.L. claimed 50% of the plant, eliminated initiation fees to grab more members...
...STOUGHTON Oak Ridge, Tenn...
...take as U.S. member of the atomic commission. If Russia really cooperates in U.N. and the peace, the U.S. will gradually turn her atomic secrets and know-how over to international control. If Russia stalls, the U.S. will stall in the commission-and keep right on making bombs at Oak Ridge (see SCIENCE...
Neighbors gathered around the little group, asked "Why pick on Stevenage?" Mr. Silkin explained: "Because it has all the natural amenities we require." But Stevenage (which means "at the stiff oak" in Old English) was not amenable...