Word: presidium
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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According to the Soviet Union's version, the Government of the U.S.S.R. happened to hear about the new "People's Government of the Finnish Democratic Republic" over the radio, had its manifesto translated, was very much impressed by it and in a jiffy the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet recognized...
MOSCOW--The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet tonight ratified the Soviet-Estonian pact of mutual assistance which was signed here last night...
With omnipotent J. Stalin sitting quietly by as a plain member of the presidium, Mr. Molotov got his laugh by suggesting that the Anglo-French emissaries asked for promises without themselves having the power to give any. "Frivolity," he called this...
...criticize specific Government acts, but not party policy. But circulating back to their union republics, autonomous republics, provinces and national regions at the end of their session, they are a part of the vast official, governmental, administrative and bureaucratic apparatus that translates policy to the 170,126,000. Their Presidium of 37 members elected at a joint session is theoretically the highest executive organ of State power, the interpreter of laws, donor of decorations, holder of the right of pardon. They form into the body of soviet law measures initiated, approved, determined by the Communist Party-though Party decrees...
...delivered at the White House by Foreign Commissar Litvinoff, not to allow on Russian soil groups engaged in attempting to overthrow the U. S. Government. Last week Attempter Gil Green, Secretary of the Young Communist League of America, was elected with two other U. S. Reds to the Congress Presidium of which Joseph Stalin is an honorary member...