Word: resignations
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Communist-sponsored Government White Paper last week implicated Tildy in "the conspiracy against Hungarian democracy." At the same time it accused the British of encouraging a Habsburg restoration. Tildy still denied any uneasiness; he was quietly fishing in Lake Balaton last week, and telling callers: "I will not resign, I never intended to resign, I never attempted to resign." In spite of these protestations, he was, in fact, trying to flee the country of which he was President...
After a fight with Boston's notorious Mayor Curley, Gruening was forced to resign as managing editor of the Boston Traveller. Then he edited the failing Boston Journal. Later he went to Manhattan to find out what was the matter with Frank Munsey's New York Sun. His findings were not appreciated; he decided that Munsey was causing all the trouble...
...decided not to accept this sinister invitation. He called Budapest to see what terms he could make with the Communists. They told him they would let his four-year-old son, Laszlo, join him in exile. Nagy went around to the Hungarian legation and announced that he would resign as Premier as soon as Laszlo arrived. Then he went back to the hotel, disconnected his phone and went to bed. Said a fellow countryman: "I'll bet Nagy was the only Hungarian in Bern who slept that night...
...passed by the House, this section specifies that it shall be an unfair labor practice for any labor organization to coerce individual members, charge excessive fees, force contributions to benefit funds, deny the right of a member to resign, expel a member without hearing, levy discriminatory fines, force the firing of a member for other than failure to pay dues, refuse a secret ballot, spy on mem- hers of fail to keep adequate financial records...
When it came to the vote, the Communists cast their ballots against the Government. But Ramadier won by a wide margin (360 for, 186 against, 63 abstentions). This was the obvious moment for the Communists to resign. They did not budge. Cried Ramadier: "You cannot enjoy the benefits of being in the opposition and stay in the Government at the same time -not while I am Premier." The Communists left it up to Ramadier to fire them...