Word: unrest
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...wave of protests hit Washington. Riding the wave was a formidable figure: John L. Lewis. He posed a formidable dilemma: his coal miners could not work on "cereals and vegetables" and there was "grave unrest" among them. Meat-famished miners had walked out of five collieries in Virginia. Touring a mine area in West Virginia, Interior Secretary Julius ("Cap") Krug agreed with Lewis that miners must have more meat...
...second attack on a U.S. plane (see INTERNATIONAL) reached Washington, the State Department promptly released the text of a note sent to Yugoslavia last May 20. It accused the Yugoslav Government of a series of nefarious and unfair tactics in Trieste: subornation of the press, incitement to unrest, propaganda attacks on the A.M.G., criminal and terrorist activities, intimidation of the local public and local officials. Said the note, in effect: all this must stop...
...current monthly bulletin, the Guaranty Trust Co. of New York deplores these "shocking misconceptions," and management's failure to do anything about them. Said the Guaranty Survey: "The effects of industrial unrest are tragic enough in any case, but they are doubly tragic if they arise from such profound misconceptions as these...
...leave our sadness and unrest...
...other exports might fill the gap caused by a sugar barrier. Traditionally, sugar is to the Filipino standard of living as coffee is to the Brazilians or cotton to Mississippi growers. The comparison is less than fair considering the losses suffered by Luzon industry during the occupation and the unrest that has paralyzed attempts at large-scale industrial recovery. President Roxas will have all he can do to salvage and rebuild the old plants and mills. Conversion from a one-crop economy must be relegated to days when actual survival is not a day-to-day headache...