Word: russianizing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Though most of Harry Truman's attention was centered on his message to Congress, he could no longer ignore the threatening storm clouds piling up over Europe. Early last week he called General Lucius Clay and his political adviser Robert Murphy home from Berlin for consultations on the Russian blockade (see INTERNATIONAL). Then tension in official Washington mounted almost hourly...
...stampeded. Said he: "We are going to continue to fly our airplanes no matter what happens in the air corridors." Then, borrowing a leaf from Soviet tactics, he and his British counterpart issued an order prohibiting the movement of all trains into and out of the Russian zone. The reason: "technical difficulties...
Next day 34-year-old John Gates, editor of the Daily Worker, surrendered in Manhattan. Carl Winter, chairman of the C.P.'s Michigan committee, was picked up in Detroit. Russian-born Irving Potash, chairman of the New York Joint Board of the C.I.O.'s Fur & Leather Workers Union, hustled back from vacation to turn himself in. Still unaccounted for this week: Gilbert Green, the party's leader in Illinois; Robert Thompson, New York State C.P. chairman; Gus Hall, leader of the party's Ohio wing...
What it boiled down to was this: a weak and divided Western Europe must insist on a helpless Germany, and until Gerrnany recovers Western Europe cannot recover. A strong Western Europe can face (and include) a revived Germany. The first alternative means a Russian victory in the next phase of East-West relations; the second means a Western victory...
...even as the orchestra alternates Russian dances and American foxtrots with admirable impartiality, not even common convention can dispel the uneasiness, like a chill draught from an unseen window, that stirs through the perspiring crowd. Three young men try hard: a bright-eyed British captain, a young American diplomat and a blond, slightly bewildered-looking Russian lieutenant who apparently speaks some English. The American has his hands in his pockets as the other two systematically spoon up their mixed salad. Says the British captain: "I've only been here two months but I really do like it . . . We certainly...