Word: protesters
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Russian Revolution is disappointing because it does not fully live up to its title; in failing, it illustrates the real dangers of writing a history of one aspect of a total event. Mr. Graubard skillfully summarizes the influence of Russian events on the Labour Party and of Labour's protest on the Government. But just as important in the complex web of Anglo-Soviet relations was the positive role Labour at times played in the actual process of policy formation, and in turn, the effect this participation had on the party...
Although such considerations did not bother the majority of the committee, large segments of the population were disturbed at what they considered purely political appointments. Letters of protest poured into the Committee office from parents, from Parent-Teacher Associations, and even from teachers' and masters' associations. Sample letters read: "We disapprove... of this open, callous disregard of the best interests of our school children;" "You are destroying the confidence of parents, teachers, children, and masters;" "You have broken a sacred trust placed in you by citizens...
...Protestant and an American citizen, may I protest against Israel's visiting Foreign Minister Golda Meir's statement "that everyone recognizes that Israel's position ... is fully justified." She has not seen everyone in the U.S. and plenty of us feel that Israel is out of bounds not only physically but spiritually. I am appalled that a visitor to our country would presume to speak for everyone...
...forefront of the attack were some Catholic groups, unshakably opposed to Tito as an old-line Communist and enemy of the church. The Knights of Columbus called on Ike to "refrain" from extending an invitation. In heavily Catholic Massachusetts, the house of representatives in a protest resolution said that an invitation to Tito "would be an act of subservience." In predominantly Protestant Washington State, the state senate resolved that Tito's visit would be "a rebuff to the brave Hungarian and Polish people who are resisting Communist pressures." The American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars took similar...
...Find Good Things to Say." The anti-Russian ferment in Poland's press started out in literary papers three years ago, before Moscow's destalinization campaign, as a protest against Communist stultification of Polish culture, boiled over into mass circulation magazines and such leading Warsaw dailies as Zycie Warszawy and Express Wieczorny, In the past year Polish papers have boldly challenged Russian policies in every sphere, from art to economics...