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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1959,
Mr. Hunter's The Week's Selection
secrets book makes him No. 1 Enemy
TREVOR EVANS looks at "The Road to Brighton Pier," the sensational book that has started a storm in the Socialist Party.
THE world of politics is place where cunning can be mistaken for skill, where calculation can be called foresight, and where spite makes a mockery of brotherliness. This is the sombre and sour conclusion which stays with me after reading "the book that caused the fuss," Mr Leslie Hunter's "The Road to Brighton Pier," which is published today*
Yet it is a fascinating book.
In some respects it is highly- courageous, for Mr Hunter as far too experienced a political realise that its writer not publication will bring down on his head violent critics anel wund bis heart with many broken friendships.
Politieni friendships, anyway. Are the most of fickle of till.
His theme fairly simple. He rejoices that the new liance between Mr Hugh Gaitskell atti Mr Aneurin Bevan, formed within sight of Brighterz Pier in the petsaran of 1957, is here to stay.
Few heroes
And he marvels that this is
So, after alt that went on before, ime Mr Bevan
Iran
1
stalked out of Cabinet in 1951.
the Socialist
Sto prove his point and justify his amazement, he lifts the it off the intrigues and the which Jockeys for
power
went on among the top Socialists. and
trike powerful
urlon bosses for six heelie, venuRAIS year
Such is Mr Hunter's carlour at there are few herees among Use top men.
*{"The Roud น Brighton Pier," by Leslie Hunter, Arthur Barker, 18 net.)
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The men and the quotes
ATTLEE
"Difficult hating"
BEVAN
"So unstable"
MORRISON "Henry-landet"
Sir Stafford Cripps Was 50 rise that he told Mr Allee to resig fremm the Premiership to make way for Ernest Bevin.
Mr Beyla "exploded" wrath- fully.
Attlee SO 13 relieved promptly promoted Cripps to be overlord of Britain's economie life.
Me Herbert Morrison turious wheu Mr Hunter dares la mention Mr Aneurin Bevan as an equal with Mr Morrison for ronsideration for promotion.
Astonished
Mr Arthur Deakin was at his huppies! when thwarting Nye ilevan. And Nye Devan Was tuned when Mr Kaitskeli.. Whinnhe had considered no- more than a competent techn!- cal aristant Lo Sir Stafford Hrija_won_suddenly preferred
to him as Cripps's sucZESKOP Chancellor of the Exchequer! ligh Dalton became Gaitskell's "patron" to keep Morrison out of the leadership, and Mr Shinwell champloned Alorrison
he hated because Claitekell!
But dominating all was Mr Attlee. A surprising Attlée. A man of menace, of cold enleuln- ann, of eloquent shenges
over
Mr Bevan at the butler's most
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rebellous moments, and of eruel indictiveness in his determina- tien to prevent Mr Herbert Morrison from succeeding him. Comes back?
Mr Hunter writes: "Not until Morrison's last hope had vanished did Attlee becept his goronet and hand over the core of the party to more capable incts."
Obviously, Mr Hunter expeets from Earl a "come back"
Attlee, for in another part of the book be writes, "Attlee has shown he is more than capable of defending his past actions if considers them unjustly interpreted."
the
Already Mr Hunter is being accused of having betrayed con- filences. Mr Hunter has pre- pared his defence agains! charge.
ilus
I can vouch for the accuracy the incidents many of recorded in Mr Hunter's book, fur 1, too, was there.
What the Socialist leaders said,
Leslie taken from
Hunter's book:
LORD ATTLEE. when asked if Mr Herbert Morrison would succeed him as leader: "Ifer- bert? Herbert would make a complete mess of things... Ile is too heavy handed." MB MORRISON, asked to lend n canapalan to oust Attlee: "Of course Attlee should go, and he is damaging the party by keeping us hanging about like this, but if he won't go himself, I am going to have nothing to do with trying to Lurn him out."
BARBARA CASTLE said that Cirm was crazy if he imagined the party would accept Galls. kell as leader. But when asked if Mr Bevan would serye under Mr Morrison as leader. she retorted; "lle'd Jolly well hilm." have to, we'd make ("We" meant the Bevanlies.)
LORD ATTLEE Q1} Bevan's chances of becoming leader in 1035: "I'd like to see him get Trouble is he's so unstable -all over the place and you never know where you pre with him."
LORD ATTLEE on the proposal that Bir Hartley Bliaweross (now Lord Bhawcross) should become Foreign Secretary: "A lawyer an Foreign Secre- tary? Remember John Sinton. Absolutely impossible."
-[London Express Service).
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by Friell
MUNICIPAL RESULTS
THE
ROAD TO BRIGHTON PIER
.
"Read that part again about 'Leaders, out of touch with party: methods of gunning for them.
TV TRAINING SCHOOL FOR CHURCHMEN
"No, I shouldn't do a Siobhan McKenna, your Grace. Just forget about The Small World and concentrate
on the next one."
"That driver con't have read the papers. They said railway routes to be used as 'roads, I'm sure they did,
REALLY, SIR DAVID!.
PEN NIBS AND TOY MONKEYS AREN'T ENOUGH
At a World Trade Fair, where even the Banana Republics put on the Ritz, why does Britain take a back stall with a jumble sale' display ?
New York. REAT grief, Great Britain! I expected better than this. When I called at the World Trade Fair in New York's new magnificent Coliseum I was, of course, prepared for "Don't mind the cost" exhibitions by the ex-enemy nations-Germany, Italy, Japan-and lavish shows by the broken-down Banana republics, and there they were, true to form, dominating the Fair, spending and making money by the million.
Where were wo? At first I hed some difculty in finding anything Dritish anywhere this huge exhibition," where da nations have some £25,000,000- worth of goods on display. I doubt whether Great Britain has uvcn £90,000-worth,
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desk a "I
The inquiry uniformed guide told me: won't think Britain is showing th's year. They haven't gal o pavilion, I know that.
niy
They
be around somewhere.
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If you want to see something, trial renaissance is the theme.
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Irrnel.
thlox ton.
They're the ones drawing the crowds."
look at Cermany, Italy. Jugan,There are 60 Italian lems alone Puland nad ni the Fair, And have you seen Czechoslovakia are quite some Berlin-very bold design there,
showing elevators.
"And the European Common
Italy, I went to the Press room, Market--France,
West the Netherlands. which is equipped with about Germany, 50 typewriters,
of Belgium
Luxembourk~ hand-outs, and two giri secro- have worked as a leani." Earles. One girl said: "There brc no releuses IDM British. They haven't bothered
Fair. with this year's Puzzling.
sheaven
the It's
"But here's a ne brochure about italy Italy's new indus-
Scientists Discover
The
Thirst
Centre
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"I snid, "About Britain...." The girl went ont "Spalt is very good this year and the United Arab Republic quite impressive. Korea, Mexico, and Morocco have shown imaginu tion."
Little stalls
of brassware, and a collection of fountain pens and nibs.
A Innguld young man lolled in a chair or the pens and I zaki: "Is this the British ex- hibit's really 11 shocker. Can't we do better than this?"
The young mon #aid: "I don't know anything really, dear fellow, It's all nothing to do with me."
sitting
what are you doing herc
at this stand
I replied. marked 'Shopping in Britain'?"
He ran his hond through his wavy hair and said: "Well, I'm here for the American branch of these British pen people. I demonstrate the sort of thing. We have umpteen nibs shall I show you?**
A bad last
I sald, "No thank you," and watched" the crowds take one quick look at "Shopping in Britain," Intrense their speed, and gilde past,
Sail, my friends, I put down this British effort, if you can call it that, as a bad Inst
I stopped her in full flow: There must be some Belila Are you listening, Sir David goods on display somewhere," Ereles? And have they told Allea D. Keller, and Henry L. and she said, "Well, you might you in Moscow that the nus- try the ground floor-there are dans plan their own exhibition Bastel, of the US. Army Medical come te stalls down there. in New York in this Coliseun, Reserch Laboratory at
10% Fort Shopping in Britah I think starting June
A big, Knox, Kentucky,
bouncing Soviet show with new limousines, sputniks, rockets,
monitor habits
Behind Eyes
It's called."
The show will last six weeks and will be matched, the Ameri- cens hope, by a U.S, show, in Moscow, which Vice-President Nixon will attend.
1 left the Press room, passert mudel houses, fashions and The scientists noted that the the inagnificent French and count them4,500 newly de animal's thirst centre sels as aalan pavilions, where a crowd veloped Industrial machines all
for healthy drinking
was gazing at an Alfa-Romeo being shipped from Russin, ду just
brain other
car, passed Isract and Poland, centres control speech und where the customers and rub- sight.
her deckers were three deep, Any damage to the centre's and down the escalator to the function destroys thirsi, DS Brish exhibit. Atlantic City, New Jersey,
damage to the brain's speech isolated MERICAN army scientists have
and un and night centres impairs the I have seen a better show at
Incidentally, why had Sir covered the thirst centre of the brain described ability to speak and see.
Jumble saics In Sunday schools
Winston then the provinces. The researchers believe
to fly here and fly as a "small blob" about the size of a mothball. Yet with-
baik heine de a paying pas- pathetic.1 out this "blob" dogs lose all interest in water,
reason, the thirst centre was not
senger In a pubile Comet and die of dehydration.
isolated before is that i les
Here were two stalls, neatly could not the Queen's advisers be allotted only one Beat? burled behind the eyes, in A blood-rich section of the brain. lettered "Shepping in Britain," The experimental findings Surgical destruction of this were revealed at a meeting of centre, without causing death,
of the Federation American demanda "herole treatment and Societies
Experimental nursing care," they sald."
London Express Service). Diclogy by Dorothy M. WI,
Because the sensation of thirst is so vital to the main- tenance of life, the discovery has been halted
im pariant research break-through.
LASZRINS
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rod sestiered about with no or the Government have sup- plan or artistry were some hair- piled him, with a special plane brushes, a dressing-gown, two equipped with a muite?
tweed lumpy
loy conts,
As it was, the Americans and monkey
ray dolls, a bit
showed us up by sending the presidential plane to fly Sir Winston from New Yorks to Wasiinglan, aid-back, and the President war willing to pro- vide his old friend 'with'a jet or anything else he liked to wke Him Tom Really-pm- should learn the big gesture from the great mer.
BEST WORST SHAD
[Next time your Dast pays you your faurpence packet money by choque you go get your bulla' eyas somewhere else."
London Express Borvion.
Good result
The Churchill visit did infinito - bod. He did not settle the Eisenhower-Truman feud โกง
one ever will).
But ho kept the generals reasonably qulet untii General Bernard Schriever, bead of the missile programme, blurted that the United States should be prepared to attack Grst and hit the Soviets "with a mortal atomle blow."
out
And he coaxed the 'reluctant Elconhower towards acceptance of a Summit Conference "almost inevitable."
RS
prob-
Many Americans, and ably Briush, believe that this yill prove to be Sir Winston's lest visit to this country; but his New York host, financier Bernard Baruch, who philo. Eophises on a park bench near his opulent apartment house, nys, Winston will turn up gain if it's at all possible."
Actually, the big personality tumph of the week has been that ut ex-President Truman celebrating his 75th birthday and moved to tears by the tri- butes at 63 parties in cities from coast to coast,,
Truman, now en route to his home in Missouri, said: "No Inan, has had such a tribute, I'll never forget it, I'll neven forget it,”