Word: unionizing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...shot or tortured many of their lieutenants, smashed their organizations. But he only pretended to persecute Communists. He exiled wealthy, suave Gustavo Machado, boss of one of the party's factions, but permitted others to stay in business. Reds continued to dominate the Waiters, Bartenders and Hotel Employees Union; in return, many of its members spied for the dictatorship. So long as they collaborated, the Communists were free to spread their influence; when Perez Jimenez fell, they were ready to move quickly...
...fuzzily worded amnesty law forgives all political or labor offenses and any common crimes when "committed with political or labor intention." The fact that Nelly belonged to Perón's pampered Union of High School Students and met him on one of his visits to a girls' school is the affair's single, remote connection with politics...
...most of Perón's ardent followers in Argentina would be cleared. A ban on political activity was lifted for 34,791 Peronistas. Another 6,500 got the right to resume labor union activities-just in time for an all-out fight for control of the General Confederation of Labor (C.G.T.). A new government interventor for the C.G.T. was appointed last week by Frondizi and instructed to hold free elections within 90 days. Peronista-dominated unions were favored to win a close race for control of the huge (3,000,000 members) organization...
Perhaps the surest sign of sound health in the postwar burgeoning of U.S. Protestantism is the resurgence of the seminaries. None has advanced more consistently in number and caliber of students than Manhattan's illustrious 122-year-old Union Theological Seminary. Last week Union prepared to take the biggest stride of its postwar expansion: a $16 million development program...
Interdenominational Union Theological Seminary is a grey Gothic quadrangle nestled in the center of one of the most prestigious concentrations of culture in the U.S. Surrounding it on Morningside Heights, overlooking the Hudson River on one side and Harlem's tenements on the other, are Columbia University and its Teachers College, plus Jewish Theological Seminary of America, Riverside Church, Juilliard School of Music, International House, and the Interchurch Center, which will be headquarters for many denominations as well as the National and World Council of Churches...