Word: tarasov
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Dates: during 1945-1945
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...giant, undoubtedly hoped to find it useful. Nevertheless, W.F.T.U.'s first president turned. out to be British Labor's ultraconservative, Red-hating Sir Walter Citrine. As late as a fortnight ago, Sir Walter still had his doubts about W.F.T.U. But at Paris Russia's Michael P. Tarasov was most conciliatory. Between the Communists and the Citrine group, the C.I.O.'s wily Sidney Hillman threaded a complex skein of compromise...
...experience with one of its fraternal foreign delegates, the A.F. of L.'s burly George Meany. A tough-talking ex-plumber from New York. Meany carried a verbal rocket in his pocket, lost no time firing it. His target: Soviet Russia, whose fellow fraternal delegate, Michael P. Tarasov, sat an arm's length away...
There was a pained silence. Then it burst in a hubbub of jeers and cheers. From the chair, Ebby Edwards, bell in hand, energetically clanged down further discussion. Even bristling Comrade Tarasov was gagged by Ebby's veto. Next day he protested by letter against Meany's "insults, lies and calumnies." which would "provoke in the ranks of workers in my country the deepest resentment...
...issues threatened international labor unity: ¶Sir Walter Citrine, in a speech of "controlled fury," fought a Soviet proposal to invite delegates from ex-enemy countries, i.e., Rumania, Finland, Bulgaria, who would presumably always support the Soviet delegation. French, Indian and Polish delegates backed Britain. Russian Delegate M. P. Tarasov flatly rejected the "extremely unpersuasive" arguments of "Comrade Citrine." Strongest Soviet backer turned out to be fiery Vicente Lombardo Toledano, of the potent Confederation de Trabajadores de America Latina. The capable Mexican labor leader, having in recent years extended his organization into other Latin American countries, was able...