Word: propagandas
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...French talk of "the loyal enforcement" of the Geneva treaty* as if they expect that the Communists will inevitably get the whole country in the all-Viet Nam elections of 1956 somewhat unspecifically provided for at Geneva. The Communists have dropped their anti-French propaganda ; instead the Communists are now vilifying Diem for "the brutal eviction of France," and for not obeying "his superior...
Incidents of this kind were the stuff of the new propaganda funneling out of Moscow. The old Communist slogans were dropped and the Russians were urged to fight the "patriotic war" for the liberation of "the motherland" from the "fascist beasts." The propaganda was immensely effective. But not yet so effective that it prevented General Vlasov, one of Zhukov's top men in the defense of Moscow, from going over to the Germans and organizing Red army prisoners and defectors into an anti-Communist army. Morale was still wobbly...
Fine Whipping Boy. For those who raised the cry that the increased automation in new plants will throw people out of work, Ford had a ready answer: "Automation is a perfectly logical, tactical propaganda weapon, for the labor leaders. It's a fine whipping boy . . . [But] let's not kid ourselves . . . that automation is a genuine current issue. It's a grossly inflated issue-as most labor economists well know." From 1950 to 1955, a period of great modernization at Ford, jobs actually increased by 30,000 (up 21%) and wages by more than $381 million...
...pair of murals painted in the museum transept during this period aroused a new furor when their artist, Jacob Rubenstein, was accused of developing his commissioned themes into anti-Nazi propaganda. One of the pictures portrays a figure in jack-boots and a Sam Brown belt whipping a group of slaves, while the other depicts an attack by a party of modernly equipped warriors upon an enemy using shields and spears. The museum, however, still officially denies any direct analogy to the third Reich...
Their activities have not been confined to propaganda. Once, three teachers and a headmistress were seared by acid when they tried to resist Red infiltration. A school inspector was shot in the street, and in Penang, where a similar campaign is under way, a school headmaster was murdered. As a result of such tactics, teachers and parents alike have either knuckled under or taken refuge in apathy...