james earl carter jr. was the 39th president of the united states of america.
james earl carter jr. was the 39th president of the united states of america.
who was the 39th president of the united states of america?
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james earl carter jr. (born october 1, 1924) is an american politician and philanthropist who served as the 39th president of the united states from 1977 to 1981. a member of the democratic party, he previously served as a georgia state senator from 1963 to 1967 and as the 76th governor of georgia from 1971 to 1975. after his presidency, carter has remained active in the private sector; in 2002, he was awarded the nobel peace prize for his work in co-founding the carter center.
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perhaps the most trying time of his administration occurred during the final months of his rule. in may, 1954, workers within the sectors of mining, brewing, textile making and at the coca cola company, the standard fruit company and the united fruit company all went on strike within a 10-day period during may 5–14. while a collective agreement between the 11,000+ striking workers and the management of the standard fruit company was reached by may 21, 1954, thereby becoming "the first time in honduran history that a private corporation negotiates a collective agreement", the news was not so good elsewhere. that very day, perhaps learning what just happened at the standard fruit company, the number of workers going on strike against the united fruit company increased from about 25,000 to about 100,000. this worker action may have brought a sense of panic to our 39th president for on may 23, 1954, he petitioned the u.s. government's eisenhower administration to prepare its u.s. marine corps to land its armed forces in honduras should the situation "spin out of control". the u.s. navy took this request seriously and moved two of its warships into the nearby gulf of honduras. in addition, next door in guatemala, the cia supported carlos castillo armas, who was preoccupied with removing the 25th president of guatemala, jacobo arbenz guzman, from office, took some of his human resources off the task at hand and sent them into honduras "to provide muscle for the united fruit company". however, after a long fight, and public opinion moving strongly against the united fruit company, an agreement was reached on july 9, 1954, between the 100,000 striking workers and company management. but our 39th president's troubles were not yet over; in september 26–30 of 1954, honduras was struck by tropical storm gilda which killed 29 hondurans, left about 3,000 of them homeless and caused some destruction of banana plantations thereby inspiring the united fruit company to fire 10,000 of its about 100,000 workers. this forced our 39th president's hand to appeal once again to the u.s. government for aid; the eisenhower administration would answer this request.
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