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...Peasant Party Leader Juliu Maniu and National Liberal Party Leader Constantin Bratianu. They claimed that the lists had been drawn up in such a way as to favor the Soviet-supported candidates. While tension grew between the government and these two big opposition parties, the government itself threatened to split on the election issue...
...Austin, a tall mild-mannered delegate from the University of Chicago, as chairman. A veteran of World War II, he was shot up badly in the Italian campaign, and left permanently disabled. But it was his quiet capable manner of bringing about compromise whenever there seemed to be a split which earned him the right to speak as head of the delegation. We never found reason during the strain of the period which followed to regret our choice...
...more than a case of whether the Liberal Union is to be considered as a genuinely democratic organization. Failure to work alongside the Communists, or the AYD, or what you will, on limited short-term objectives on which all happen to agree can only serve to weaken and finally split the liberal movement in America...
...became rudely aware of this when the British signed a bilateral agreement with Argentina (TIME, Aug. 26), split transatlantic traffic 50-50 by limiting the number of flights...
Encouraged by this, other countries (Mexico, India) refused to sign with the U.S. unless they got a similar split. This would curtail operations of many a U.S. airline. They have the equipment to fly to Mexico, for example, far oftener than the Mexicans can fly to the U.S. Only Brazil signed a five freedoms pact with the U.S. The U.S. was virtually stymied unless it came to an understanding with Britain...