Word: frictions
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Insufferable!" Within the Cabinet there has been constant friction between Mr. Hore-Belisha and other ministers, who have found his cocksureness offensive, his aggressiveness "pushy." Air Secretary Sir Kingsley Wood has been especially vexed at War Secretary Hore-Belisha's bland assumption that R. A. F. units in France ought to be subordinated to the Army as soon as possible. In fact, what Leslie Hore-Belisha has been after is the creation of a Defense Ministry-with the Army, Navy and Air Force all subordinate to one able go-getter. This might be a good idea. But coming from...
...Holy War" in Catholic Spain, Generalissimo Francisco Franco bound up Christianity with his nationalist program and Catholics hoped that after the war the Church and the new Spain would resurge together. But the resurgence has not been notable. Last week news reached the U. S. from England, of further friction between Franco and the church...