On this day: May 22Germany and Italy sign the Pact of Steel (1939)
The Steel Workers Organizing Committee disbands, and a new trade union, the United Steelworkers, is formed (1942)
In an effort to fight the spread of Communism, U.S. President Harry S Truman signs an act into law that will later be called the Truman Doctrine; granting $400 million in military and economic aid to Turkey and Greece, each battling an internal Communist movement (1947)
b: Maurice J. Tobin (1901); d: Victor Hugo (1885), Gaetano Bresci (1901)
Community Organizing for the New Progressive Era
