Word: redness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last week, 74-year-old Herbert Hoover emerged from this governmental jungle to give Harry Truman a preliminary report at the White House. He had a number of recommendations. Shedding of unnecessary red tape on small Government purchases could save $250 million a year. It now costs $11.20 to process an order for a $10 purchase. Perhaps $3 billion could be saved by regrouping 60 administrative agencies into about...
...Russians ordered the 26 Red members of the Assembly to the Admiralspalast, and filled out the rump convention with some 3,000 hand-picked delegates from Communist-controlled trade unions, splinter parties, women's and youth's groups. Each delegate was given a white card, to make the voting look impressive when they raised their hands. The leader, proposed that the present "undemocratic, reactionary city administration be dismissed." The white cards fluttered like snow on the wind; the vote in favor was unanimous. A candidate was proposed for mayor, and again the white cards waved. A list...
...Communists evidently felt that the authority of the "people's government" needed bolstering. They said it was provisional; Red Mayor Ebert promised "free" elections as soon as "self-evident suppositions" could be established (doubletalk meaning "as soon as a Communist victory could be safely rigged...
...weaving mill, and dyeing and bleaching plants. The warehouse flew the American flag, as did most of Nijverdal that day. Managing Director Godfried van der Meulen pointed to a pile of cotton bales -most of them from New Orleans and Galveston. There were 350 of them, each with the red, white & blue shield of the U.S. and the inscription: "For European Recovery." "This isn't much," Van der Meulen said, "but six months ago we could have had a ball in here-though not a very cheerful...
...Along both sides of Suchow's main street -a broad expanse of cobblestones bisected by a barren dirt parkway-yellow-uniformed soldiers half enveloped in a thin cloud of dust tramped in an endless stream. At the end of each straggling company marched a soldier with a triangular red or blue pennant; at the rear, donkeys, loaded with heavy machine guns, plodded stiff-legged over the rough street. Trucks piled with bundles and crates swirled by. "So many troops," said a fat, black-gowned merchant, standing in front of his shop; "suddenly they are marching. Where?" He shook...