Note on Indalecio Prieto
001-0085-001 Note on Indalecio Prieto As a boy he sold newspapers in the streets of Bilbao. He attracted the attention of a wealthy banker and liberal/businessman, Horacio Echevarrieta to whom he became a sort of confidential business agent, advising him on his affairs and managing his newspaper E...
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| Institution: | MCR - The Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick |
| Language: | English |
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c.1945
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10796/B2A5C248-8779-40D9-84AD-F35E8D2D5CE3 http://hdl.handle.net/10796/A3CE3D44-0CBB-47DF-BE1D-01E63DE1753F |
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Note on Indalecio Prieto As a boy he sold newspapers in the streets of Bilbao. He attracted the attention of a wealthy banker and liberal/businessman, Horacio Echevarrieta to whom he became a sort of confidential business agent, advising him on his affairs and managing his newspaper El Liberal de Bilbao: in the end Prieto became sole proprietor of his journal. He entered the Cortes in 1919 and became a leading figure in the Socialist Party. His life long rivalry with Caballero dates from this time. . . . Prieto stood for the more Liberal and flexible trade unionism of Bilbao against the severe authoritarian spirit of Castille which Caballero represented. Gerald Brenan - "Spanish Labyrinth" Frank Jellinek (Civil War in Spain) says that Prieto was a pedlar and a shorthand writer. He could dominate the Socialist Party for many years but hardly gained a footing in the U.G.T. He was never a manual worker like Caballero.
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