THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1960.
CHALLENGE TO GAITSKELL
Harold Wilson to run for Chairmanship
London, Oct. 20.
Mr Harold Wilson, 44, former Board of Trade President, will challenge Mr Hugh Gaitskell for the leadership of the Labour Party, it was announced tonight.
Mr Wilson's decision announced in a statement was described by politicians as a major threat to Mr Gaitskell's survival as leader.
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12 brings to crisis point the major change in the democratic Sucialist movement's bitter and poetailst basis of the mure. Internal feud on. whether ment. Labour Members of Parliament should
their recent Purty conference's decision to renounce. the H-Bomb, or follow Mr Hugh Gaitskell in defying the Conference's ver- dict.
Mr Wilson said: "Following the meeting
the Parlia of mentury Committee (Shadow Cabinet) last night, I have been forced to the view that there is no disposition on the part of Hugh Galtskett and his friends on the extreme right of the Party to approach the problem of the Party on this basis. We ere told again, only this morn- milateraliste hus-all-along-ing that those who-should-know- supported the official Labour say the mood of Mr Gaitske?! policy pledging loyalty to Nalo bused on an American deter- rent.
Mr Wilson, a member of Mr Gaitskell's "Shadow Cabinet st of the Party's National Executive Committee, Is not a
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This policy is backed by abo 200 of the 256 Labour Members Parliament. But It opposed by a left-wing minority which has been trying to put forward Mr Anthony Green- wood, 48, u unilateralist, as n challenger to Galtskel).
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Mr Greenwood, it is under- . stout, will now not offer him
self
candidate In the election, the
which result of will be announced on November 2, after a
ballot of secret Labour MPS.
Mr Wilson said that in his of the Parly view the unity could only be achieved by:
• A willingness to restage the National Excutive Com-
policy \mittee's defence
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And his supporters is uncom- promising and resolute,"
The survival
Mr Wilson" Ister said: “But the issue facing us today b not defence, it is the unity, Indeed the survival of this Party."
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He went on: It is being said that if Hugh Galtskell Is turned unopposed as leader the Labour Party, this will be his taken as a mandate from
to parliamentary defy the Conference, more the Executive Committee National
the servant of the Conference) and plunge the movement inte still worse conflict.
colleagues
"I cannot allow this approach to go unchallenged. This is not which could be accepted with an issue of personalties, it
MP's but of principle which has ut dignity which at the same time reflect-fortunately become inextricably ed the fact that important pro-interwoven with the Parliamen nouncements (the resolution retary Party voting next week.
**I cannot in honour trave nouncing the H-bomb) had been made by the Surborough Con-the challenge to be made by a furenee.
• A repudiation of the de- mand for a 12-month civil war in the Parly,
An agreement that
all
major pronouncements on polley
should
or on the conduct of the Party agrement with the National be made in collective Executive Committer and/or the Parliamentary Labour Party,
colleague,
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"So, as conscious as other Labour MP of the great qualities and sincerity of Hugh Gaitskell, with the greatest
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After a ride in space
'KENNEDY'S STAND MAY MEAN WAR'
Radford enters the Matsu,
Quemoy squabble
New York, Oct. 20.
Admiral Arthur Radford, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, warned today that Senator John F. Kennedy's stand, on Matsu and Quemoy might involve the United States in war if Kennedy is elected President,
Adm. Andford made the state- inent ulter conference here with Vice-President Richard M.
York Nixon, who is in New
for
fourth his preparing champaign debate with Senator Kennedy tomorrow.
Attacking Senator Kennedy's statement that Matsu
and
Queray are Indefensible, Adm. I had "Injected" the issue of the Radfurd said:
"If Mr Kennedy is elected I'm afraid the Chinese Communists
advantage would take
at his position and try us out and see if we would fight."
Adm Radford charged in a statement that Senator Kennedy
VIOLENCE IN LEOPOLDVILLE
possible regret, and with the The
fullest appreciation of all that is involved for the party and myself, I have with reluctance! decided that I have no alternative to secepting nomination for the chairmanship of the Parliament- ary Party (the Parliamentary
chairman becomes Party
the
• A repudiation of the cam- paign now being waged in cer- tain sections of the press for a movement's leader).—Reuter,
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Leopoldville, Oct. 20.
United Nations announced today that its troops would patrol alongside Congolese soldiers in an effort to stamp out the in- creasing wave of violence in Leopoldville.
Mr Rajeshwar Dayal, the Secretary-General's special re- presentative in the Congo, told reporters;
B "I canot allow disorderly rabble like the Congolese Army to control the country, They have looted and raped in the city here."
Mr Dayal made the statement outside United Nations head- quarters where the Congolese Army
Joseph Chief, Colonel Mobutu, was meeting top UN military advisers.
KAPE
Colonel Mobutu arrived "with an escort of about 100 officers and Juon. Ele told reporters after a
Reds concede
Australians have them beaten
Sydney, Oct. 20. four-hour Three Chinese Communist trade unionists told re- porters today that Aus- fralians had beaten them in one thing-beer drink- ing.
meeting with General Indarjit Rhye, Mr Dag Hammarık- Jald's military adviser that The United Nations is trying to useat me."
Mr
Dayal said he was
in
favour of the curfew which had been enforced in Leopoldville, but he was against the news- paper
carlier ban announced today by the Provinglat
Governor,
Kamitalu.
"We can't compete," they said upon arrival at Sydney airport from Brisbane, Queensland.
of
of
The visitors are Mr Licu Chan-Sheng, Vice-President
Federation Mr Cleophas the All-China
Trade Unions; Mr Chen Yu, Director of the International The UN spokesman's an-
Department
the of nouncement of the mixed Llalson
Ualon, and Mr Chi Sih-yu, au patrols followed 裁 similar statement by Mr Kamitatu interpreter.
carlier an
st
press Com
STRANGE ference Loday when he Over a cup of tea, they said; delivered on ultimatum to *We can't compete against Aus-
We
Colonel Mobutu. demanding
tralians in drinking beer. that he bring his troops to heel drank beer in hotels and bars and stop their looting and rape but it was strange for " in the city.
"We drink beer sometimes in
If Colonel Mubulu did not set | China but mostly In summer," within 48 hours. Mr Kamitalu declared, he would order "elvily added.
Chinese offshore islands into the Presidential campaign. The serves ns a military Admiral advisor to Vlee-President Nixon and is chairman of retired servicemen for Nixon.
INJECTED
He sald Senator Kennedy hnd given the Communists reason to believe he will not defend the Islands,"
Adm Radford sold be be Deves the Islands should be defended for military reasons because he did not think Chinese Communists could by pass them ir they go through
the
with their announced intention to take Talwan.
Hose
This United States Air Force photo, just released, shows 2 motor whaleboat
pulling alongside the cone of an Allar Interes tinental ballisilo misso con- taining three mico and radiation-study equipment as
The
container was recovered
in the south Atlantio Ocean _About_5,000 miles from the Launching Bite 端着 Cape Canaveral, Florida.
The three mice were faund
to be alive and well After their 700 miles high ride in space. The rocket launched
AP photo.
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October
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Jailed for chopping off thumbs
Brest, Oct. 20, Five men were jailed here today for trying to got disability insurance-by chopping off thumbs.
Three of the men, the court was told, recolved benefits for the loss of their thumbs but when one of them also made a claim agalast a second com- pany, it became suspicions and started Investigations.
The other two men were con- victed from Instigating the affair and helping in the amputations with hammers and chisels,
Sentences ranged from eight Adm. Radford made the months to three years-and the charge that Senator Kennedy's "basic position might lead the nation, into war in the Pacific in antwer to newsinen's ques tiona
In hs prepared statement, he said Senator Kermody "still be- Hloves that Quemoy, and Matsu are indefensible and apparently no sill believes that we should Laku steps to persuado our
five were ordered by the court to pay back the Insurance bene- Ata-Reuter,
Banfe reaches
Karachi
Beirut, Oct. 20. Captain Chuck Bante, Pan Chinese Nationallet allies to American pilot, look off in his evacuate them"
Bonanza plane for Karachi to-
day Hu is on a round-the-
Honolulu Honolulu
Adm. Radford mid he thought world the Elsenhower Administration polley on the off-shore islands flight in a light twin-engined
alrcraft, was "correct," and that it was
He took off after à five and "not necessary" to specifically kalf
Beirut hours stopover in Include them in the treaty by which the United States is coming from Rome. Io is ex- pledged to defend Taiwan endpected to reach Karachi in 10%
| hours.--AP. the Pescadores,UPI,
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live in peace and security.
The UN action was regartur Russians may
by obfervers here as a gesture
of ,solid support for Mr Komitatu who has always been regarded a supporter of Patrice Lumumba.-Reuter,
Suicide verdict
Now York, Oct. 20.
The
walk out
United Nations, Oct. 20.
Impression was gaining
ground in Western circles here Today that the Soviet delegation
American veteran pilot Miss was preparing to walk out of Ruth Rowland Nichols, who the LN, political committee's died about a month ago in New talics on disarmament. York at the age of 69, com In the Aeld of disarmament, mitted suicide, Dr Milton
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