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	Ernest Bevin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ernest Bevin (9 March 1881 - 14 April 1951) was a British labour leader, politician, and statesman, born in the small village of Winsford in Somerset, England.
		Bevin became Foreign Secretary at a time when Britain was almost bankrupt as a result of the war and could no longer afford to maintain its overseas Empire.
		Bevin's principal failure was in the British Mandated Territory of Palestine, where he opposed the plans of the Zionist movement to create a Jewish state.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ernest_Bevin (1055 words)

	Ernest Bevin - MSN Encarta
		Ernest Bevin (1881-1951), British labor leader and statesman, born in Winsford, England.
		A prominent member of the Labour Party, in 1940, he joined the coalition cabinet of Prime Minister Winston Churchill as minister of labor and national service; he was in charge of the mobilization of human and national resources throughout World War II (1939-1945).
		In 1945 Bevin became secretary of state for foreign affairs in the Labour cabinet of Prime Minister Clement Attlee.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761555358/Ernest_Bevin.html (255 words)

	Ernest Bevin
		Ernest Bevin was the first general secretary of the TandG and as such played a pivotal role in its long-term success.
		Bevin joined the Dockers' Union and by the age of 30 was one of its paid officials.
		Bevin, a member of the Labour Party, was unsuccessful in his attempt to become the MP for Bristol Central in the 1918 General Election.
	weldgen.tripod.com /famous-faces-of-bristol/id20.html (197 words)

	Ernest Bevin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In 1919 Bevin was one of the founding of the Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU) which soon became Britain's largest union.
		In 1940 Winston Churchill formed an all-party coalition government to the country in the crisis of World War II Bevin was elected unopposed to the House of Commons for a London constituency and was appointed Minister for and National Service.
		Bevin became Foreign at a time when Britain was almost as a result of the war and no longer afford to maintain its overseas Empire.
	www.freeglossary.com /Ernest_Bevin (721 words)

	Ernest Bevin - InformationBlast
		In 1919 Bevin was one of the founding leaders of the Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU), which soon became Britain's largest trade union.
		Bevin was elected unopposed to the House of Commons for a London constituency and was appointed Minister for Labour and National Service.
		After the 1945 general election, Attlee had it in mind to appoint Bevin as Chancellor and Hugh Dalton as Foreign Secretary, but was persuaded by King George VI to swap them.
	www.informationblast.com /Ernest_Bevin.html (757 words)

	Bevin, Ernest - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		BEVIN, ERNEST [Bevin, Ernest], 1881-1951, British labor leader and statesman.
		Bevin played a leading organizing role in the general strike of 1926, but after the failure of that strike he worked to achieve greater cooperation between labor and the employers.
		Ernest Bevin: Robert Pearce examines the career of the man who was successively trade union leader, Minister of Labour and Foreign Secretary.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/b/bevin-e1r.asp (389 words)

	Ernest Bevin
		Ernest Bevin was born in Winford, Somerset in 1881.
		Bevin was a tough leader of working-class origin who had fought Churchill during the General Strike of 1926 and who, all tribute to Churchill, was made Minister of Labour in 1940.
		Bevin had none of these advantages, but I have seen him in every kind of situation - trade union negotiations round a table, trade union meetings facing often hostile critics, meetings with industrialists, with statesmen - and on every occasion it was quite clear that he was master of the situation.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /TUbevin.htm (2136 words)

	Ernest Bevin - Term Explanation on IndexSuche.Com
		In 1919 Bevin was one of the founding leaders of the Transport_and_General_Workers_Union (TGWU), which soon became Britain's largest trade union.
		After the 1945 general election, Attlee had it in mind to appoint Bevin as Chancellor and Hugh_Dalton as Foreign Secretary, but was persuaded by King George VI to swap them.
		He was infuriated by Zionist acts of terrorism against British troops, but Britain's economic weakness, and its dependence on the financial support of the United_States, compelled him to yield to American pressure and allow the United_Nations to determine Palestine's future, resulting in the creation of Israel.
	www.indexsuche.com /Ernest_Bevin.html (768 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Ernest Bevin
		A Bevin Boy was a young British man conscripted to work in the coal mines of the United Kingdom, from December 1943 until the end of World War II.
		The Right Honourable Alfred Ernest Brown (August 27, 1881-February 16, 1962) was a British politician who served as leader of the National Liberals from 1940 until 1945.
		Ernest Bevin (9 March 1881 - 14 April 1951), British labour leader, politician, and statesman, was born in a small village in Somerset, England.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Ernest-Bevin (2988 words)

	Biography of Ernest Bevin
		Bevin was born in Winsford, Somerset in 1881.
		Bevin successfully achieved mobilization of Britain's workforce and became one of the most significant members of Churchill's war cabinet.
		Bevin, who held strong anti-communist views, played an important role in the acceptance of the Marshall Plan, the creation of of NATO and Britain's decision to develop nuclear weapons.
	www.tgwu.org.uk /Templates/Internal.asp?NodeID=89504&L1=-1&L2=89504 (463 words)

	Commentary Magazine - Ernest Bevin, by Francis Williams (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		...Bevin himself, as Minister of Labor, remained the undisputed chief figure on the British home front till the end of the war...
		...ERNEST BEVIN was born in 1881, the son of a West of England farm worker...
		...Bevin rolled on to the platform, a squat, broad-shouldered, elderly figure, slightly incongruous in formal dress-it might have been any elderly English shopkeeper or trade union secretary...
	www.commentarymagazine.com /Summaries/V16I5P105-1.htm (1176 words)

	exploring social action: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Ernest Bevin (1881-1951) was the first general secretary of the Transport and General Worker's Union 1921-1940).
		Bevin was born Somerset in 1881 to poor parents.
		Through his advocacy most of the demands were achieved and Ernest Bevin became known as the 'the dockers' KC'.
	www.infed.org /socialaction/ernest_bevin.htm (215 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Programmes \| Politics Show \| West: Ernest Bevin
		Ernest Bevin was born into a poor Somerset family with seven boys to feed.
		Bevin was born into a poor Somerset family with seven boys to feed, he had no formal schooling and came to Bristol to work aged eleven.
		Bevin rose rapidly through the Labour movement, and in the war Churchill asked him to join his cabinet as Minister of Labour.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/programmes/politics_show/3257534.stm (507 words)

	Lawson Ernest - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
		Lawson, Ernest (1873-1939), American landscape painter who effected a highly personal adaptation of the technique known as Impressionism.
		Solvay, Ernest (1838-1922), Belgian industrial chemist and manufacturer, born in Brussels.
		Bevin, Ernest (1881-1951), one of Britain’s greatest trade union leaders, an impressive Minister of Labour during World War II, and a formidable...
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	Ernest Bevin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		British politician Ernest Bevin started his career in politics as an official of the Docker's Union.
		From 1945 until 1951, Bevin served as Foreign Secretary in the Attlee government.
		Ernest Bevin : Unskilled Labourer and World Statesman.
	www.multied.com /1812/Ghent.htmlhttp://timeline/Bio/people/bevin.html (83 words)

	CNN Cold War - Profile: Ernest Bevin
		Born March 9, 1881, and orphaned at age 8, Bevin left school at 11, taking a series of odd jobs to support himself.
		Bevin favored close Western cooperation economically, socially and militarily.
		He resigned March 10, 1950, was appointed Lord Privy Seal in Attlee's government and died April 14, 1951, at home of a heart attack at age 70.
	www2.cnn.com /SPECIALS/cold.war/kbank/profiles/bevin (215 words)

	ipedia.com: Ernest Bevin Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Ernest Bevin, British labour leader and politician, was born in a small village in Somerset, England.
		His father, who he never knew, was an agricultural labourer and his mother was a housemaid who die...
		Bevin held this post until 1945 when Labour left the Coalition government.
	www.ipedia.com /ernest_bevin.html (811 words)

	Durham Miner Project - Bevin Boys
		These recruits were to take the name “Bevin Boys” after the organiser of the whole operation, Ernest Bevin, the then Minister of Labour.
		Bevin Boys came from all over Britain to work in the Northern Coalfield, failure to comply to call up papers and report for duty could result in six months in prison, or a £100 fine, or both.
		Bevin Boys were trained for various jobs down the mine, and were taken into the pits to allow local miners of eighteen years, or over to go onto piece work, when their time came, and the Bevin Boys usually stayed on datal work, the lowest jobs on the pay scale.
	www.family-learning.org.uk /miner/projects.nsf/581cd74a9c6aa8b080256d48003758cb/1f0eb023098394bc80256ea8002fb948?OpenDocument (338 words)

	Bevin, Ernest
		Bevin (1881-1951), britisk fagforeningsleder og udenrigspolitiker, arbejdsminister i Churchills koalitionsregering under den 2.
		I depressionsårene blev Bevin en heftig kritiker af R. MacDonald og Labourregeringens manglende evne til at tackle problemerne i nedgangstiderne, især i forhold til det stigende antal arbejdsløse.
		Harold J. Laski, mangeårigt medlem af Labours landsledelse, kom Bevin til at stå som indbegrebet af Labours forspildte muligheder efter sejren i 1945: Bevin personificerede iflg.
	www.leksikon.org /print.php?n=301 (489 words)

	The Hindu : dated April 16, 1951: Ernest Bevin
		Ernest Bevin, former British Foreign Secretary, died in London on April 14, after a heart attack.
		Bevin had resigned as British Foreign Secretary for health reasons on March 9, and was succeeded by Mr.
		Bevin served in the wartime coalition Cabinet as Labour Minister, said on being told the news: ``A valiant spirit has passed from us.
	www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/2001/04/16/stories/10161045.htm (367 words)

	TIME.com: Bevin Y. Bevan -- May 15, 1944 -- Page 1
		Ernest Bevin, the bull elephant of British labor, last week sat bulkily silent, beadily watchful, in the back row at a caucus of Parliament's Laborite members.
		A mounting rank-and-file revolt against Labor leaders in general and Bevin in particular produced a wave of unauthorized strikes in coal mines, factories, shipyards.
		Bevin has never, since he emerged as a trade-union leader of importance, liked criticism, still less opposition.
	www.time.com /time/archive/preview/0,10987,850537,00.html (603 words)

	Bevin Boys
		Bevin Boys were young British men conscripted to work in the coal mines of the United Kingdom, from December 1943 until the end of World War II.
		Bevin Boys returning from service received no medals, nor did they have the right to return to the jobs they had at the beginning of the war, unlike other servicemen.
		The Bevin Boys were not fully recognised for their service until 1995, 50 years after VE Day, in a speech by Queen Elizabeth II.
	www.omniknow.com /common/wiki.php?in=en&term=Bevin_Boy (1743 words)

	ERNEST BEVIN - CARICATURE SIGNED
		In May 1940, British Prime Minister Churchill invited Ernest Bevin to become Minister of Labour in his coalition government.
		During WWII, Bevin successfully achieved mobilization of Britain's workforce and became one of the most significant members of Churchill's War Cabinet.
		Bevin resigned because of ill health in 1951, five weeks before his death.
	www.galleryofhistory.com /archive/5_2002/leaders/ERNEST_BEVIN.htm (211 words)

	Peter. Buckley - 080372392X - Victor Plarr (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Ernest A. Savage: Librarian Extraordinary (225P) (Library Association Centenary Volume).
		Ernest Amory Codman: The End Result of a Life in Medicine.
		Ernest Gruening and the American Dissenting Tradition Harvard Historical Studies No 132.
	www.howtowrite.net /137206ernest.html (72 words)

	The Ernest Bevin Society
		Back in the 1970s, a system that had run very well for a quarter of a century was in deep trouble.
		The Ernest Bevin Society took a different line.
		We felt that the system was unlikely to collapse but very likely to move off in some radically new direction.
	members.aol.com /BevinSoc/is.htm (683 words)

	Janus: Papers of Ernest Bevin
		In August 1967, Sir Alan Bullock, later Lord Bullock, transferred to Churchill Archives Centre that part of the late Ernest Bevin's papers which he had used for the second volume of "The Life and Times of Ernest Bevin".
		The Archives Centre holds the papers retained by Bevin from his period at the Ministry of Labour and some earlier material.
		The Bevin catalogue was converted from typescript to electronic form as part of the A2A project co-ordinated by the National Archives.
	janus.lib.cam.ac.uk /db/node.xsp?id=EAD/GBR/0014/BEVN (484 words)

	Foreign Affairs - Book Review - Ernest Bevin: Foreign Secretary - Alan Bullock
		This book is more than biography, more even than the story of Britain's policies in the immediate postwar period: it is the story of the emergence of the postwar world as seen through the work of one of the key architects of that world.
		It is a rare combination of a superb historical intelligence, new material (the just-opened Bevin papers, inter alia), and a fascinating subject.
		Bullock's Bevin is one of the great biographies of a 20th-century figure.
	www.foreignaffairs.org /19840601fabook11872/alan-bullock/ernest-bevin-foreign-secretary.html (253 words)

	Jewish plot to kill Bevin in London
		03/05/06 "The Times" -- -- JEWISH terrorists plotted to assassinate Ernest Bevin, the foreign secretary, in 1946, as part of their campaign to establish the state of Israel, newly declassified intelligence files have shown.
		Lord Bethell, author of The Palestine Triangle and an expert on Soviet intelligence, said Bevin was detested by Zionist groups.
		Bevin, the Labour foreign secretary, was an opponent of the creation of a Jewish state and had recommended that Jewish refugees in Europe should be forcibly prevented from emigrating to Palestine.
	www.informationclearinghouse.info /article12205.htm (575 words)

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