Word: watchdogs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...last congress Lenin went to (he died in 1924) was the Eleventh, which set up the powerful office of general secretary, designed to watchdog the party machinery. Stalin got the job. The ailing Lenin had his misgivings. "This cook," he said of Stalin, "can only serve peppery dishes...
...votes. ¶ In medium-sized businesses (between 100 and 500 workers), workers' committees must be kept informed of all policy decisions (e.g., profits, sales, financing), and must pass on all improvements. They will also have a say in hiring & firing. ¶ In small workshops (less than 20 employees), watchdog labor councils will handle work contracts, employee welfare, grievances and training...
Died. Senator Brien McMahon, 48, congressional watchdog of the atomic energy program, who received 16 first ballot votes at the Democratic Convention as Connecticut's favorite son candidate for the presidency; of cancer; in Washington. A Yale Law School graduate (1927) and a protege of Connecticut's shrewd old Boss Homer Cummings, 88, he was appointed Assistant U.S. Attorney General when he was 33, was first elected to the Senate in 1944. After the atom bomb was dropped over Hiroshima, he crusaded successfully for civilian control of the atomic energy program (now headed by his onetime law partner...
...markets. In less than three months tin plummeted from $1.50 to $1.06 a Ib. Though Bolivia and other tin producers protested vehemently, the U.S. has since been able to buy tin for $1.18 a Ib., a price it considers fair. Last week, in a special report, the Senate Preparedness ("Watchdog") subcommittee roundly commended Symington because he "bore the brunt of the battle" against the tin producers. The committee said the thrifty tin-buying policies of the RFC had saved the U.S. $500 million. It also recommended a careful study of "the history of the tin negotiations ... as a guide...
Alarmed by the costs, the Air Force twice lowered the time priority on finishing the bases. Still the costs stayed high, and Senator Lyndon Johnson's Preparedness ("Watchdog") subcommittee got curious. Army Secretary Frank Pace also got busy. Last week he notified Senator Johnson that he had relieved Colonel Derby, that efforts would be made to recover any money "improperly spent"; and that Atlas Constructors had been ordered to mend their ways...