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6 B THURSDAY. AUGUST IS. IBIS MEOFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON WDDsoini Oaiiras LoraWuCiiriitiy as pposMomi Pairtiy LLecacJeir Bv PETER KNOX United Press Inlernalional London -OTI- Harold Wil ton's appointment as leader of the opposition Labor party last Feb. 14 waa a contro versial one. Nearly bait bit fellow MP's voted against him, the press was lukewarm and the public largely lndif- f erent. - Now, tlx month! later, al . though he remains something i of an unknown quantity, even hit political enemies admit the wheel of fortune has ' turned kindly for the 47-year old. pipe-smoking Wilson. The party appears to have ' nnltm firmlv under hit com- ' mand, public opinion polls ' and by-eiecuona nave inuwu ,' Labor it enjoying a run of - high popularity, and the press generally has accepted him as a success. Wilson has been helped by that minfortunes of the Con servative eovernment of Prim Minister Harold Mac millan. Its troubles this year over tecurity, the common , market, the Profumo scandal and racketeering! in slum properties have given Labor ' ready-made ammunition wun which to go on the attack Atmosphere Right This was the type of po litical atmosphere that Wilson needed to consolidate his po sition. With signs for a Labor election victory to favorable not even anti-Wilson Laborites are in any mood to rock the boat. When he stepped Into the leadership in succession to Hugh Gaitskell, who died in office in January, Wilson knew the task ahead of him was formidable. Gaitskell's reign over the party for eight years had been characterized by bitter fighting between left and right-wing factions, with Gait skell right of center and Wil son left of it. One blazing row over unilateral disarmament had nearly wrecked its unity. Gaitskell, largely by the force of his personality, man aged to weld the party to gether in 1962 in preparation for the approaching general elections expected this year or early next. rears Widespread When Gaitskell died there were widespread fears that the old splits would break wide open again. These were heightened when Wilson ran for the leadership against the man who had been GaltakeU's deputy, George Brown, - Brown, a right-winger, had the support of a solid bloc of loo trade unionists among tnt party's 140 voting M.P.'s. These men mad no secret of their opposition to Wilson because of his record Inside the party. They suspected his past flirtations with the left, and had doubts about his po litical reliability. . Wilson, a man of humble background who had won enough scholarships to pay his way through school and Ox- Four American Copiers Crash in South Viel Ham Saigon -TOTO- Four U. S. Army helicopters crashed in the Communist-infested Jun gles of South Viet Nam Wed . nesday, but all their crewmen were rescued and none of the machines fell Into Red hands, military sources said today. ' One of the 'copters is known to have been shot down by the Communists. The other crashes were ascribed to "engine failure." Observer Weunded A Vietnamese observer in one of the helicopters was slightly wounded in a gun fight with Red guerrillas who vtrled to block the crew's es cape. No American casualties were reported. The Vietnamese was one of ' four men In a "Huev" hell- copter armed with machine guns and rockets which crash ed five miles north of the town of Ben Cat. The two American pilots and the crew cruel of the 'copter atripped it of weapons, and all four fought their way to safety. A rescue helicopter picked them up in a nearby clearing, The "Huey," damaged be yond repair, was destroyed after everything usable had been removed from it. Others Recoverable Two H21 troop-carrier heli copters, flying protective cov er for the downed "Huey," also crashed. None of their crewmen was injured, and both 'copters proved recover able. Another H21 was shot down by the Reds about 30 miles south of Banmethout in the central highlands. The crew landed safely and was rescued unhurt, and the 'copter will be repaired and flown out later. Parkistan has deposits of coal, oil and minerals. ford university and emerge as a lecturer in economics, had become a cabinet minister under Clement Attlee in 1947 at the age of 31. In 1951, however, he walk ed out of the cabinet together with the radical Aneurin Bevan in a row over the Na tional Health Plan. This ac tion got him tabbed as a mili tant and he had a long hard climb to get back into the center of the party. Not Close To Leader It was against Wilson, too, that he had never been very close to Gaitskell, or the so- called Galtskellites who domi nated the parliamentary com mittee of the party. In his six months in office Wilson has been careful to avoid controversial state ments or actions. This ex plains lingering doubt wheth er he is a man of firm convic tion or more of an astute politician. With only minor changes he has kept together the same team of front bench spokes men that had served under Gaitskell. Where he did ap point new men he did not favor left or right. Wilson has made it clear that he means no break in continuing the policy evolved by Gaitskell. The two big internal Issues that troubled Gaitskell were the fight over unilateral dis armament and the extent to which the party should en courage greater nationaliza tion of industries. The former problem has be come rather outdated. With a general election looming, the latter is little spoken of. La bor M.P.'s believe they have a good chance of winning and they don't want to frighten . tin it m ii 31 II b X) II jtrr. ''till! a off potential middle class sup. porters with talk of socializa tion. Sensing the mood of the nation, Wilson has been play ing it cool. In television appearances giving party political broad casts he has projected the image of a quiet family man. Inside the party his tactics have been similar. In meet ings of the "shadow cabinet" (as the inner group of par liamentary Labor leaders is called) he has adopted the committee method favored by Attlee. In the past six months he has visited President Kennedy in Washington and Prime Minister Nikita Khrushchev in Moscow. Both men accord ed him V.I.P. treatment as a potential British prime min ister. Raised Eyebrows Inevitably, Wilson's a I x months in office have not been entirely free of criti cism. His decision last month not to attend the banquet for the controversial Greek royal visit on the grounds of a prior engagement caused some rais ed eyebrows: Conservatives resented his harrying of Mac millan in the security debate: Some of his own M.P.'s have been worried by his habit of divorcing his public from his private life so that he seldom entertains fellow Laborites. In the final analysis Wilson, however, should feel content with his record. According to the public opinion polls Labor is still favored to win the next elections, the by-election results since he took office have been favorable for him, and the party shows a solid front. Get the best cooler! criam Dollar Suys Moire ait WwwrfefrJ Normal's Fully Cooked Well Smoked Dry Cured Hams No wster added Wall trimmed - Excess fat and skin removed Short Shank Quick to fix snd good so many ways. 12 to 16 Lbs. 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