Word: spokesmen
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...German spokesmen, big and little, accused Russia of espionage and sabotage in Germany. Germany was restive, weary of war (see p. 32). Were spoils of war necessary to keep the people from revolt? Few thought that revolution was a possibility in Germany yet, but who could be sure...
President Roosevelt said he had not read the bill before it was submitted, thought its language too broad, indicated that he had primarily wanted a measure to deal with strike-bound plants. He talked long with leaders of Congress, and Administration spokesmen announced that the bill would be greatly modified. Excitement about it disappeared...
While immigration authorities, moving with unaccustomed speed, made ready to hear his case this week, Nazi officials protested in vain against their No. 1 agent's arrest. In Berlin, Nazi spokesmen said Dr. Rieth had had no "official" connection with the German Government for seven years. In Washington, the German Embassy said he had resigned from the diplomatic service four years ago. In Manhattan, Dr. Hans Borchers, German Consul General, demanded bail for Dr. Rieth, was firmly refused...
Less than convincing were the shoulder-shruggings of the Axis, particularly since, as the week progressed, German and Italian spokesmen grew sorer by the minute, called the speech "hypocritical," "nonsensical," "demagogic," "plethoric...
...this meant, as German spokesmen claimed, that the German Army could not be shaken from the western end of the island, it probably would be only a matter of time until the whole island would fall into its hands. If that were the case, what would it mean strategically...