Trygve Lie was the son of a plain carpenter of Grünerlökken, an Oslo workers’ suburb. He became a union lawyer, for over 20 years held his own in the rough & tumble of Norway’s Labor politics.

Last week, U.N. Secretary General Trygve Lie tried to resolve the impasse. He wanted the U.S., France and three other nations which have not recognized the Chinese Communist regime to go ahead and ...

FRANKFURT — Trygve Lie, secretary general of the United Nations, en route from Amsterdam to Prague, landed at Rhine-Main Airport this afternoon after bad weather had prevented his landing in ...