Word: resignations
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Over Ottawa last week hung an air of crisis. On Parliament Hill newsmen heard rumors that an election might be called, that some Cabinet members had threatened to resign, that there would be a special session of Parliament. Said Toronto's Government-baiting Globe and Mail: "The [Army] manpower crisis . . . is moving rapidly to its climax. All the evidence is that this time settlement cannot be delayed. . . ." Not everything was rumor. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King had called all 21 members of his Cabinet into special session. One member was summoned all the way from Vancouver...
Cried the Soviet trade-union paper Trud: "Iranian newspapers are inquiring why Premier Said does not resign, as are all public circles in Iran who understand that continuation of Premier Said's policy is harming the interests of Iran...
...registered letter at home informing him that he had been discharged by OSS. The reason: "continued absences." Last week, Barmine termed this "completely false and preposterous." Less than a month ago, he said, he had been commended for his work. And last April, when he had tried to resign because of ill health, his resignation was turned down. He was given a pay raise along with permission for brief absences for treatment. Since then, OSS admitted, Barmine has not been absent oftener than any other employe. But OSS insisted that the decision to fire Barmine was made Sept. 21, "before...
...bill provides for an Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion, in effect a watered-down version of the job now held by Home Front Czar Jimmy Byrnes-who has said he will resign when the demobilization machinery is set up. The new $15,000-a-year Reconversion boss, appointed by the President, will have the last word on the termination of war contracts and the disposal of surplus property. He will also oversee a brand-new agency, the Retraining and Reemployment Administration. Though this sounds like something big, the job of the new bureau is actually vague...
...sessions got under way, Director-General Herbert Lehman admitted the prevalence of rumors that "we are not doing as much as some people expected. ..." He admitted that "greater cooperation is still to be desired." He denied one rumor-that he would resign. Delegates had tough policy matters to settle, too. Should UNRRA help ex-enemy Italy? If so, would Germany be eligible? And Japan? It would take a majority vote to effectuate such aid. One delegate was on record. China's Tsiang Ting-fu favored making "the necessities of life available to the Japanese after...