Word: partisans
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Estes Kefauver, beating his way through the Florida palmettos, called for Agriculture Secretary Benson's resignation. Said Estes: "I want to make it clear that my suggestions for his resignation do not stem from any attempt to get partisan political advantage. As Democrats seeking to win this fall's election, we are better off with Mr. Benson in the Cabinet. But as Americans seeking to restore our farm economy, we would be better off without him." Then Estes fired his wildest carronade at President Eisenhower for General Alfred Gruenther's retirement as NATO commander (see below): "General...
...rebellion was sparked last month by City Manager Glenn Peterson, who, after nine months under fire by the Highland papers, announced that he would quit in May. Leading citizens formed the Clarksburg Non-Partisan Association Inc., held a mass meeting that denounced Cecil Highland's press: "[It has] dominated the city and consistently opposed worthwhile community projects . . . slanted city news, written editorials into news columns, indulged in character assassination, and continues its news blackout of the Non-Partisan Association...
...murmur of the civic protest reached the columns of the Exponent or the Telegram. But in Fairmont, 25 miles away, the evening West Virginian ran full accounts and, as an experiment, sent 2,000 copies into Clarksburg the day after the Non-Partisan Association was formed. Said a West Virginian executive: "We sold out between 12:30 and 2 p.m. When the people of Clarksburg saw our papers on the street, they actually hugged the carrier boys." On the day of the mass meeting, Clarksburg businessmen bought 2,000 of the Fairmont papers, gave them away free. Since then...
...outbreak of full-scale war between the guerrillas and the Greek army in 1947, Zachariades took to the hills. It was Zachariades' idea to kidnap thousands of peasant children and hold them hostages for the loyalty of their parents. When the U.S.-backed Greek army defeated the Communist partisans in 1949, Zachariades fled to Rumania. At Stalin's bloody-minded behest, he ordered the execution of Partisan General Markos Vafiades. Thereafter he dribbled Communist spies into Greece, whom he denounced whenever the police got on their trail...
Whatever lies ahead will be momentous and will profoundly touch the lives of us all. This survey of American policies has attempted to look beyond this year of partisan encounter and to catch a glimpse of this hazy but crucial tomorrow...