Word: socialists
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Neither workers nor administrators seem to realize, Rakosi complained, "that labor discipline is a political weapon of prime importance." He revealed that wages had increased by 20%, despite a decrease in industrial productivity, a clear violation of "the supreme law of socialist work, that living standards can only be improved by increased productivity...
...Socialist George Bernard Shaw said 43 years ago: "There are two . tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart's desire. The other is to get it." Last week in Bridlington the Trades Union Congress, representing 8,000,000 organized workers, had full possession of its heart's desire-a Socialist government. Yet under the seeming agreement among the delegates in the Spa Royal Hall was frustration, and perhaps tragedy...
Dubinsky became president of I.L.G.W.U. (TIME, June 22, 1932) and, as the New Deal came along, publicly renounced his membership in the Socialist party and became a staunch supporter of Franklin Roosevelt (TIME, May 11, 1936). An advocate of industrial unionism, he removed his union from the craft-unionized A.F.L. (TIME, Sept. 14, 1936) and joined the C.I.O. However, he also believed strongly in a unified labor movement and, when the obstinacy of John L. Lewis made peace between C.I.O. and A.F.L. impossible, he denounced Lewis in open forum (TIME, Jan. 24, 1938). Then Dubinsky led I.L.G.W.U...
...Saylor, World War II Navy officer. He was the candidate of 86-year-old G.O.P. Boss Joe Grundy. "Your ancestors and mine established a new idea of government," said Saylor. "That new idea of government lasted 175 years-until the present Administration in Washington, which came out for the Socialist welfare state...
...with more rats than ever. Councillor Gordhandas Goculdas Moraji, an orthodox Hindu, shuddered at even considering rat extermination during the current festival in honor of Ganapati (Ganesha), an elephant-headed god who likes to ride around on a rat (see cut). Councillor Dinkar Dattatrya gave what he called the "socialist theory on rats": he declared that "only eradication of the slums, overcrowding and hoarding would result in eradication of the rats." In the end, the councillors voted to go ahead with Rat Week, but decided to play it safe by keeping the bounty at the conservative level...