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...Unitá, quick to make national political capital out of the Pescara results, crowed triumphantly: "The Front has shown itself to be an instrument capable of drawing together and organizing all Italians without difference of class. . . ." Following up their advantage, the Front pointed to other promises. Moscow favored Italian trusteeship under the U.N. for Italy's prewar African colonies; if the Front won power in the April elections, a way might be found to bring Trieste back under Italian control.* What, asked the Front, could Premier de Gasperi offer? The Front's answer: only more U.S. meddling...
Under such a set-up, the "task of management would become closely skin to trusteeship with obligations to four groups-government, employees, owners, and consumers...
...were still far from ready for an organized, sustained war in Palestine. But the threat was serious enough to cause headaches at U.N., where the Palestine Commission was being formed. Secretary-General Trygve Lie appointed Dr. Ralph J. Bunche, U.S. Negro educator, who has been director of the U.N. Trusteeship Division, to be chief of the Palestine Commission Secretariat. Britain planned to hand over its mandate soon after the commission's arrival (probably some time in May). After that, say the British, they will take no responsibility for order in Palestine...
...when the ranch trusteeship expired, the property was divided among the heirs.* The Klebergs got 431,000 acres and formed the King Ranch Corp. with Bob as president and manager, and Dick, then a Congressman, as chairman. The stock is held in equal fifths by Bob, Dick, their sisters Henrietta (wife of Celanese Corp. Vice President John A. Larkin), Mrs. Alice East, and the two sons of Sarah (who was killed in an auto accident). By purchase, Bob Kleberg has built the ranch's holdings up to 750,000 acres, leased 140,000 more to the corporation from...
...permanent Big Five trusteeship...