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Revolt in Bogota and U.S. Labor Pact Shift
Riots follow the assassination of Jorge Eliécer Gaitán in Bogota as mobs burn and loot. Colombia cuts ties with Soviet Russia and debates communism while the inter-American conference resumes. In Washington, John L. Lewis agrees to a $100 monthly pension plan for miners ending a 28 day walkout and a contempt case looms as Joseph Martin engineers a settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bogota
Colombia
Capitol
Plaza Bolivar
Jorge Elicier Gaitan
Liberal Party
Ospina Perez
Russia
U.S
George Marshall
France
Italy
Hemisphere
John L. Lewis
Lewis
T. Alan Goldsborough
Goldsborough
Joseph Martin
Rep
Mass
Ezra van Horn
Martin
Sen
Styles Bridges
N.H
Miners’ Welfare and Retirement Fund
Lewis and
van Horn
Bridges
Miners’ Welfare Fund
New Hampshire
Joe Martin