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10 matches to Brains Trust
Brains Trust. 1932. Roosevelt’s advisers on New Deal.
Hand, Learned. 1872-1961. US jurist. Alcoa Antitrust case. Monopoly unlawful. No duty not to minimize one’s taxes 1947.
Laocoön. Trojan priest, distrusted Trojan Horse. Killed with sons by serpents.
Mandate, League of Nations. Territory controlled by outside power. E.g. ex-German colonies, non-Turkish ex-Ottoman lands. 1946- UN Trusteeship.
National Trust. 1895. Non-profit organization to preserve British heritage buildings and lands.
Nauru. 1798 Sighted. 1888 Germany (Marshall Is). 1914 Australia. 1920 Britain/Ausralia/New Zealand mandate. 1942 Japanese occupy. 1947 Australian trust. 1968 Independent republic.
Sherman Anti-Trust Act. 1890 US. Prohibits monopolies, restraint of trade.
Tanganyika. Bantu. 18C Masai. 18-19C Slave source. 1871 Stanley, Livingstone. German East Africa. 1919 British mandate = Tanganyika. 1946 United Nations Trust. 1961 Independent. 1962 Republic. 1964 +Zanzibar=Tanzania. Nyerere.
Trusteeship. 1946. United Nations method of governing territories. Replaces League of Nations Mandates.
United Nations. UN. 1945. Charter signed by 50 nations at San Francisco. To safeguard world peace and protect human rights. Most countries members now. 15 agencies for education, relief. Trusteeship .