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...after the House committee's turndown, Russia became WHO's 24th permanent member. It was the first specialized agency Russia has joined, the only one the U.S. has not joined. When two more nations join, the "interim commission" will become a permanent agency...
...Haynes has suffered only one turndown-from the Plumbers & Steam Fitters union, on the grounds that such exceptions would create an unfortunate precedent. "Your people don't belong in these big industrial centers," a union official told him. Haynes replied that his church is working on a back-to-the-country campaign...
High churchmen, however, took a different view. To them the Joint Commission's report had looked more like a proposal for their Church's liquidation than for its union. These saw the convention's turndown as no evasion but a prerequisite for any real first step toward merger...
This unexpected turndown left the Defense Plant Corp. with only two prospective tenants for Geneva-the Colorado Fuel & Iron Corp. and a syndicate headed by Henry Kaiser, indefatigable champion of basic industry for the West. Neither has made a specific bid for Geneva...
Last year, to save trouble, only a few Negroes went to the Georgia polls to get the turndown they knew they would get. This time Dr. Austin T. Walden, Negro leader, announced a change of strategy. At Atlanta's primary, Negroes will be urged to go to the polls in large numbers...