Word: ultimatums
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...party-liners rolled on. Burly President Fitzgerald rode victoriously into another term by a vote of 2,335 to 1,500; Secretary-Treasurer Julius Emspak and James J. Matles, the U.E.'s top organizer, rode back in with him. Then the triumphant triumvirate threw down a six-point ultimatum to Phil Murray. Its net: punish other C.I.O. unions for "raiding" U.E. membership ranks-or else...
...last week old John was fit to be tied. He reached for his pen and served Island Creek's Francis with an ultimatum: ". . . In your mad and vengeful attack on the existence of the fund, you have rightfully calculated that you are bleeding it white ... A continuation of your policy of default and smash may cause reactions deterrent to the constructive progress of the industry. Will you or will you not remit?" Lewis rumbled...
Deputies & Dukes. In mid-July Giuliano returned to his redoubt and wrote to the Palermo press, issuing an ultimatum to the police. Unless they released his relatives and friends within two weeks, he said, his gang would launch an offensive. The police did nothing. Scarcely a week after the fortnight's expiration, Giuliano had captured five wealthy landowners, including the haughty Duke of Pratomeno and a deputy to the Sicilian Parliament. He demanded a ransom of 100 million lire apiece...
There was almost no resistance. Communist guns-753 and 1053-opened up from the north shore seven hours before the deadline set by the ultimatum for unconditional surrender. At 11 p.m., an hour ahead of schedule, shock troops jammed onto river craft and struck across in a vast envelopment on both sides of Nanking. One field army under General Chen Keng took Tikang, 80 miles southwest and upriver from the Nationalist capital. Other forces under General Chen Yi poured across 35 and 65 miles east and downriver from Nanking, snatched the river port of Chinkiang and the river fort...
This week, the Communist radio blared out an ultimatum: Li had just three days to say yes or no to Mao's "peace" terms. Yes or no, Li Tsung-jen's dream of decent peace and a non-Communist China south of the Yangtze was fading fast...