Word: supportive
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Washington, the C.I.O. executive board put a squeeze on the eleven left-wing members it has been trying to purge since last year's convention. It ordered the eleven union leaders to get in line with C.I.O. policies (support of the Marshall Plan, Atlantic pact), get out, or face expulsion from the board at next October's Cleveland convention. The board called on the unions involved (e.g., the United Electrical Workers, the International Longshoremen's Union) to replace their Redline leaders with bosses who would follow C.I.O. policies. The noisy arguments carried out the window...
...peace," while the Labor Party was edging ever rightward toward Churchill's own "war policy." No Communist cardholder, Zillie has persistently buzzed along with the Moscow line. Last year, on the eve of the Italian elections, he and 21 other Labor left-wingers sent a letter of support to Communist Stooge Pietro Nenni. Last month, in Paris, Zillie denounced U.S.-British policy at the Communist-inspired "Peace Congress" (TIME...
...pointed out to the Club that its constitution did not provide for the issuance of a publication and that the (faculty) committee would not approve a constitutional amendment providing for a publication because in the judgement of the committee the campus already had all the publications it could support...
...Mennen Williams, who beat out Republican incumbent Kim Sigler last year for the governorship of Michigan, got powerful support from organized labor in his drive for election...
Last week Congress proposed a joint resolution to make a "full and complete investigation of all lobbying activities intended to influence, encourage, or retard legislation." Backed by the Democratic party, this step would presumably also carry the approval and support of the Justice Department and of President Truman, who sharply attacked lobbying activities in the Eightieth Congress during his campaign last summer...