Word: revolts
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Rear Admiral Charles A. Blakely, Commandant of the district, issued an ultimatum: either the strikers would go back to work or the Navy would take over, hire its own men, put them under Civil Service, guard them with Marines. Roared Admiral Blakely: "Open revolt against the United States Government. ... I fully intend to see that certain San Diego labor leaders do not bludgeon the United States Navy...
...shadow of John L. Lewis hung smokily over defense production (see p.20). A revolt was on: part of it led by men who were not opposed to intervention, but were opposed to moving against enemies abroad without first cracking down on defense strikes at home. They were bolting out of anger at John L. Lewis, and the Administration's pat-a-cake labor policy. Some of these could be wheedled or hammered into line, some could be bought with a promise of a crackdown on Lewis. But the biggest opposition came from men who on each measure had searched...
...bombing, an upraise of the conquered nations and eventual starvation of the continent are the three possible ways in which it might succeed. The failure of Germany with a 4-1 air superiority to break England, one-tenth the area of Europe, seems to rule out the bombing theory. Revolt within Germany is highly-tenuous, especially in actual war, with martial law enforcing the German will and starvation driving the conquered to work. New acquisitions of industrial and food areas make the economic blockade no longer very creditable...
...Open revolt broke out among the ranks of the Harvard line yesterday when they learned that there was no scrimmage planned, in an effort to prevent injuries. But when line coach Lyal Clark returned to his duty after a short absence, the forwards were tearing madly into each other in a little rough work of their...
...mistress' husband, Byron's rooms at the Palazzo Guiccioli were soon "full of conspirational gear and mysterious documents . . . local liberals." Once, when the police were active, the Gambas even let Byron keep "a bag full of bayonets, some muskets, and some hundreds of cartridges." When the revolt finally fizzled (Byron always suspected it would), Byron, Teresa and the Gambas were exiled, at last settled down at Pisa...