Word: workers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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During World War I Jinnah was a conspicuous worker for Moslem-Hindu unity, persuaded the Congress Party and Moslem League to hold joint sessions, used as his slogan "a free and federated India." In 1917 he could still attack the idea which later became his obsession. "This [fear of Hindu domination] is a bogey," he told League members, ". . . to scare you away from the cooperation with the Hindus which is essential for the establishment of self-government...
...into a powerful mass movement, Jinnah drifted out of the fold. Some Hindus think he lost his nationalist ardor when he lost his beautiful Parsi wife (he was 42, she 18, when they were married) after their only child, a daughter, was born. His wife had been a zealous worker for independence...
...Wagner-Murray-Dingell bill, introduced last November with President Truman's blessing, but roundly damned by the American Medical Association, would be financed mainly by a 3% payroll tax on salaries up to $3,600 (to be shared equally by employe and employer). It would cover the worker's dependents, would provide for: 1) family, specialist and consultant doctor services; 2) major and minor surgery; 3) maternity care; 4) hospitalization (up to 60 days a year per person); 5) dental examinations, cleansings and extractions; 6) nursing care in hospital and home; 7) eye care...
...last July, a line of heavily laden trucks moved through gutted Tokyo's waterfront area. A group of Jap officers barked orders to bewildered laborers, who unloaded the trucks, dumped heavy metal bars into the bay. One worker overheard the officers discussing a treasure in gold, silver and platinum worth 30,000,000,000 yen ($2,000,000,000) "for use in building up a greater Japan after things quiet down...
...York's Communist Daily Worker characterized the delegates in its own unique way, thus: Quo-"slick." Byrnes-"a small, crabbed . . . blinky, tight, screwed-up face . . . the sense of his words was sinister nonsense." Ala-"the little adventurer." Lange-"a serious, charming and humane individual." And as for Gromyko-"this face is full of strength . . . spoke always without anger, but with logic and force, and quiet determination...