May 14 Sunday Mothers Day I got Lillian flowers and a wrist watch band. We went over to Moms bringing flowers and gloves and a summer bag for her. To out great surprise we found cousin Mary and Hy and their kids Stewart and Linda at Mom's for a surprise visit. Yesterday Lil took the kids to the botanical gardens. Sarah R went along with Bobby and Danny.
May 15 Elections in Turkey swept out Inonu's governing People's party which has held power for thirty years. The five year old Democratic Party was the victor. Today we went to the Museum of Art to see the great art exhibition loaned by the Austrian gov't to us. We saw paintings, tapestries, sculptures, etc. Sylvia pointed to a couple of the male figures and asked "what's that". Eugene enjoyed the exhibition very much.
May 16 Sec'y Gen'l Trygve Lie of the UN met in Moscow with Stalin. Vishinsky & Molotov were present. Russia cut German reparations in half. Hilliard suspended another Welfare Dept. Union leader and critic of his policies.
May 17 Eugene came up at 4 o'clock yesterday in order to work on some play the class is giving. He got another 100% in spelling. The rail strike ended. The Union has not yet won its demand for a second foreman on Diesels. Czech delegate to the UN Dr. Houdek resigned and asked asylum here. He declared Stalin is violating Leninism in dominating the Eastern democracies. Draper was called "Red" by Budenz and former F.B.I. undercover agent Huber.
May 18 Eugene and another boy finished in a tie in a class spelling bee and got 5¢ a piece. Lie is"not dissatisfied" with his conference with Stalin and stated the latter was in good health.
May 19 Lillian went to see Dr Goodfriend for her check up on the tumor. The verdict was still negative as regards an operation. The 12 Atlantic Pact nations agreed to pool their economic and military under a central command with London headquarters. It is directed against Soviet aggression. Suspended teachers are being barred from school meetings. Three Communists, Weinstock, Gainer & Davis, ousted from the Painters Union, lost their appeal in the State Supreme Court. Judge Hammer stated members of the C.P. do not have the same rights as members of other parties as the C.P. is out to overthrow the gov't.
May 20 The Senate voted 52-32 to limit debate on an F.E.P.C. measure. The vote meant that the bill, if introduced, can be filibustered. 13 Democrats failed to support F.E.P.C. by abstention or opposition. Former Nazis hold half the state and civil jobs in the U.S. Zone of Berlin. Four barges filled with munitions destined for Pakistan, blew up in the South Amboy docks last night causing several deaths, a score or so missing, hundreds injured and $10,000,000 damage. The town looked as if an atom bomb had struck which many thought had really happened. Windows were shattered throughout the town. Not one building escaped without some damage. Four Queens college student groups were suspended for inviting one of the suspended teachers Mrs. Zitron to the campus.
My father started a "diary" in 1945 (more accurately, a journal, covering both family and current events), and I'm going to see if this is a decent way to publish it. Since I'm doing it as a blog, to get to the beginning of the journal, you have to go to the beginning of the blog.
No comments:
Post a Comment