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...union. The war between the two labor factions results in a lockout and a strike. When the miners and their children start to starve, when their families are being ousted from Coaltown by the mining company, it becomes apparent that the new union was a cat's-paw and that Joe Radek is responsible for the confusion. An ugly incident prompts Joe to make restitution for his blunder. He encounters two company policemen slugging his best friend to death. The fight that follows sends Joe Radek to the hospital. Warned by his Anna, who comes back to him just...
...Venizelos saw that Yugoslavia was bound to get into trouble with Italy and Albania, that Greece might have to fight to pull Yugoslavia's chestnuts out of the fire. He objected also to the fact that Italy had not been consulted. Himself nobody's cat's-paw, he could not help feeling that no Greek but himself could ever do anything right...
...counsel to AAA he was also a thorn in the paw of sturdy George Peek, his boss. Mr. Peek protested to Secretary Wallace. In vain, for Counsel Frank had Felix Frankfurter's approval and the support of Dr. Tugwell. So Mr. Peek, instead of using his legal counselor, hired his own lawyer out of his own pocket. But Thorn Frank was too pointed for his flesh. The time came when Mr. Peek gave Mr. Wallace the choice of accepting his own resignation or Frank's. With the advice of Dr. Tugwell and the consent of the President...
...land or in the water, delivered them instead of eating them. When hunting pheasant, the cheetah is less useful than a pointer. Instead of standing still, it runs after every bird, frequently catches one after it has flown by jumping in the air and knocking it down with one paw...
Asked his opinion of the New Deal, its first victim could only make a wry face and helplessly wave his big paw...