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4 B Inluqh (Editor's note: Briiain'i labor party held it annual confaranca in Brighton, England. It attempted to find a formula or victory in the next national elec tion, which mutl be held before the fall of 1964. but might be called sooner. La bor's chances ride on the man who leads the party and who, in victory, would be Britain's next prime min ister Hugh Gaitskell. This is a study of the man and his party.) By RICHARD H. GROWALD United Press International London - IUPH - The elderly Victorian lady threw up her hands when she read the let ter from her nephew at Ox ford university. Hugh Todd Naylor Gaits kell, then a bookish student who enjoyed the ivory tower life of the ancient university In the mid-1 920's, had written his aunt: "Henceforth, my fu ture is with the working clas ses." His aunt replied in a letter: "I do not know what England is coming to." At that time Britian was in the last stages of its first la bor parly socialist govern ment. Labor party leader Hugh Gaitskell and his fellow so cialists began their 1002 con vention recently in high hopes of returning to power. Called A t'raitcr Like Presiatui Franklin D. Roosevelt, Gaitskell has been called a traitor to his class. Gaitskell was born April 9. 1D00, the son of a Colonial civil servant. While the baby Gaitskell nestled in a crib in India where his father served, the Labor parly also was in its infancy, feeling its way into national British politics in a time of penny beer, Edward ian pomp and circumstance, 12-hour work days and gas light. Gaitskell grew up during World War I. The postwar surge for "a better world," the decline of the once mighty Liberal parly and a booming labor union movement pro duced the first Labor govern ment while Gaitskell studied economics and philosophy al Oxford. Ramsay MacDonald's Socialists enacted little social ism and went out of office. But the young Gaitskell had glimpsed a new future, and wrote of it to his aunt. The Conservatives were back In power. Big, burly, tough Ernest Bevin-later lo be a foreign secretary but now the ham-fisted labor leader helped direct a general strike that began in the mine fields and spread across the nation. Drove Leaders' Cars Many of Gaitskcll's fellow students joined the volunteer brigades (led by Winston Churchill) who manned the strike-hit food and fuel scrv- CD) 99 Million Consumers Read a Daily Newspaper Each Weekday These readers make up the largest audience available to any advertiser in any medium. A recent study of this national newspaper audience shows that it in cludes 80 percent of all men and women over 21 . . . and 72 per cent of all teen agers, age 15 and over. This huge and consistent readership can be depended upon by advertisers because the daily newspaper is a habit with most people . . . an established part of their everyday lives. For the national advertiser, this amounts to almost the total market for a ny product. For the local advertiser, this massive readership symbolizes the local reach of his own local newspaper - into almost 9 out of 10 homes every day. No matter what the product or service an advertiser wants to sell, more people can read about it in the pages of the daily newspaper. 'The Dally Newspaper And It's Reading Public," Audits and Surveys Co., Inc. THURSDAY. OCTOBER IS, 1962 ices. Not young Gaitskell. He drove the strike leaders' cars and passed out strike litera ture. The general strike failed. Gaitskell and others said la bor needed more education to outthink and outsmart the Tories. After being graduated with honors Gaitskell stump ed the grubby Midland mine fields for two years, lecturing miners on profit and loss, so cial justice, capitalism, social ism and the ways and means of economic change. "We regard the distribution of the wealth and income of this country as profoundly un fair," Gaitskell was to say later. But at this time he shied from active politics and be came an economics professor at London university. Gaitskell, ever the scholar, took an American Rockefeller fellowship and travelled to Vienna where he watched a semi Facist government de stroy by artillery fire a so cialist movement. Gaitskell came home to London a little more interested in politics. Economic Advisor He became an economic ad visor to the union leaders. He began helping their battle to heave the Communists from posts of power within the un ion movement. Gaitskell was a backroom brain. Then came World War II. Churchill summoned the La boritcs into his Coalition gov ernment. Gailskill was put to work assessing scattered spy data on German economic operations. He ended the war as Chief of Price Control. But Inspection Unnecessary Irv Lichtenstein Keeps His Bargain To Play Russian Records By DICK WEST Washington - tUPli - Nego tiations between Nikitu Khru shchev and Irv Lichtenstein urn mi lhf Wl 1 ""B. ins MOl jL ; c I e a r, How ever, what they are on the brink of. All thai can be said with certainty is that Lichtcn slem ft;els he wi bus gone as far as he can go. The next move is up In Khrushchev, who may hnve gone farther than he can go. Lichtenstein, I sliuulcl ex plain for those of you who came in late, is a local radio station executive and do-it-yourself diplomat. I assume you know who Khrushchev is. . Last mouth, by-passing such traditional diplomatic chan nels as 1 he United Nations, the State Department and David Susskiml, Lichtenstein wrote 4 oocsice one London wartime night when the German planes did not come, Gaitskell talked with an old friend until 3 a.m. The friend was Hugh Dal ton, a Labor party giant, who talked and talked, hoping to convince his young, tousled haired friend to "go active" Dennis the Menace ... AH' PLEASE TRV ID STOPAlK. gtfgAKIN' SO EASY,' a letter to Khrushchev pro posing a cultural exchange. He said he would have his disc jockoys at station WWDC broadcast Russia's 10 most popular songs if Radio Moscow would, in turn, broadcast America's 10 top tunes. Subsequently, Lichtenstein received 10 recordings from Moscow, which were duly aired. I heard some of them and they sounded like they needed airing. Meanwhile, in keeping with established international pre cautionary principles, Lich tenstein had it is engineers monitor Radio Moscow to see if Khrushchev was carrying out the other end of the ex change. This week, having received no evidence that the U.S. tunes were being played in the the Soviet capital, Lichten stein suspended broadcasting of the Russian records. He was careful, however, to leave the door open for future in politics. Characteristically, Gaitskell asked time to think it over. He did and he went active. The post-V-E-Day elections brought a Labor landslide. U also brought Gaitskell Into Parliament, and he rose spec tacularly. WlSCffc MOWS FRCrVi on Radio negotiations. He offered to ac cept at face value a certifica tion from Khrushchev that the Soviets had been playing our songs. "We don't think that 'on site inspection' poses any problem in this case," Lich tenstein said. In other words, he waived the right to send a team of disc jockeys lo Moscow to make certain the Russians were complying with the exchange agreement. Lichtenstein may be crit icized in some quarters for having made such a conces sion, but I think the latest scientific information will show that on-the-spot Inspec tion no longer is necessary to detect popular music. If "Limbo Rock," the No. 3 U.S. tune, were played any where in the Soviet Union, the shock waves would be re corded on seismographs throughout the Western Hem isphere. ' MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON itudy of A Main, In less than two years under Prime Minister Clement (now Earl) Attlee, Gaitskell oecame Minister of Fuel and Power in postwar austerity Britain. It was a measure of his sue- cess that he became a frequent target of Winston Churchill Gaitskell stood up in the House of Commons and tried to tell the nation to use less of the country's scarce fuel supply. Save on bath water, he said. "I've never had a great many baths, and I don't think it makes much differ ence to health," Gaitskell said. Churchill rose and sent ev en the Labor benches into roars of laughter by replying, "When Ministers of the Crown speak like this, they have no need to wonder why they are getting increasingly into bad odor." Feuding Blossoms Attlee's austerity grated on many Britons who wondered if they indeed had won the war. The ready acceptance that Socialism would bring prosperity for all was chal lenged. Inside the Labor party feuding blossomed. Aneurin Bevan called for more and more socialism. Gaitskell sid ed with the more cautious Att lee. Attlee shocked the old tim ers when he appointed Gait skell Chancellor of The Ex chequer (or treasury secre tary) in 1950. Gaitskell was the youngest chancellor in 50 years. And he sparked a Grand Canyon split in the par ty when he ruthlessly held Liz Taylor's Film Faces Seizure Rome-fUPD - Elizabeth Tay lor's film "Cleopatra" faced seizure today if it crosses the borders of Italy-where it was made according to a Rome court ruling. The labor section of the Tribunal of Rome issued a "precautionary sequestration" order against the still urre leased picture which cost an estimated $35 million. The ruling is connected with a labor dispute by a group of film technicians who claim they were illegally laid off by Twentieth Century Fox, the film's producers. Claiming five months loss of wages, the workers got the court order to attach the film whenever it returns here for viewing. Cannon Beach Bowling Alley Leveled by Fire Cannon Beach - IUPD - A one-story building housing the Cannon Beach bowling alley was leveled by flames early Tuesday. Damage was estimated at between $25,000 and $30,000. Cause of the fire was not known. down welfare spending to spend more on rearmament in a world of rising communism. Nye Bevan quit the cabinet and called Gaitskell "a desic cated adding machine." In a few months the whole govern ment fell when Churchill's Tories rode back into power in 1051. For four more years Attlee remained in Commons but finally took an earldom. Bev an and Herbert Morrison, the old party warhorse, became favorites to succeed Attlee as the opposition party leader. The party picked Gaitskell. Patch Up Feuding Gaitskell managed to patch up the party feuding before the October 1959 general elec tion and campaigned strenu ously. But the Conservatives told prosperous Britons "You never had it so good." and scored their biggest victory in a generation. In defeat, the Labor party knives came out for Gaitskell. Bevan died and his former followers accused Gaitskell of being "soft" on capitolism. Gaitskell reckoned the old im age of socialism was a loser at the polls. He tried and failed to get the party to dump its almost sacred pledge to na tionalize basic industries. Gaitskell was in deep trouble. Then along came Frank Cousins. Cousins is a dedicated union leader whose heart belongs to old - fashioned socialism. And Cousins became an advocate of banning the bomb. The partnership of the egghead socialist left and Cousins' powerful union following pro duced the anti-Gailskell party convention two years ago. Af ter a stormy day, the delegates voted in favor of throwing U.S. bases out of Britain and of Britain dumping her nu (Try) Crescent Instant Minced Garlic fcim'iifilif . Ready t. use tight from the jar. Uniform flavor ind lasting fresh ness. Ideal (or Italian and other dishes that call for minced garlic. One-eighth teaspoon is equal to 1 small clove of garlic. CRESCENT intfnt MINCED t . r .... - ''17" ' - ' eTtl 7- .. fei; clear weapons. At that mo ment Gaitskell showed a new "image." Gone was the tweedy pro fessor. Gaitskell rose before the convention, shook his fist, pounded the podium and shouted he would "fight, fight, fight, and fight again" to re verse the party decision. He organized commando squads throughout the party. Going over the heads of un ion leaders, he convinced the man in the ranks that Britain must remain staunchly pro Western, and a nuclear weap ons partner. At last year's party convention, he defeated and dumped the ban the bomb resolutions. In doing so, Gaitskell be came leader of the party in fact as well as name. More CHRYSTAL The House of Personal Service 4th and Fir Phone 772-7315 Pork Steak Len center & 49 Rib Steak 69 Corned Beef "' n i.69 Beef Stew Cubes1'" 69 I -BlSlitfkjrfaWCa rt9 Trimmed l Special - Thurs., Klamath Fed LOCKER CUT - WRAPPED - QUICK FROZEN - FREE 25 lbs. Printed in fa, His than anything else, his tri umph is credited with prob ably dooming the ban-the-bomb movement in Britain. Meanwhile, "Tory prosperi ty" had begun to lose some of its shine. Macmillan's recent "Little Austerity" program lost the Tories much support. Still Must Strive Gaitskell believes Labor still must strive for wider support. As the average Brit ish working man has gone from bicycle to automobile, he apparently has become less interested in militant social ism. Some Laborites openly regard socialism as a politi cally dirty word. The fight goes on in the party and the leftwing by no means has surrendered to Gaitskell's modern labor phil FrK, & Sat. Only BEEF Half or Whole BIG FAMILY ORDER the interest of more effective Medford Mail Tribune ONLY Party osophy-more state planning and less emphasis on nation alization. Now there is the added com plicating factor of the uproar over whether Britain should enter the European Common Market, which the conserva tive leadership thinks it should. The lines even within Labor's ranks are not clear cut on the Market issue. Despite it all, Labor this year senses that its turn may be coming again in Britain. The challenge to Gaitskell is to channel the party's un doubted strength in the elec torate or, as one Labor party authority put it: "The problem is whether Hugh can convince the people that socialism is for good times as well as bad." advertising by MEATS l-'- I fen !.; emu JilrW; - f '
