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IN AND OUT OF PARLIAMENT
By Ernest Thurtle, M.P. UNEASINESS prevails in the ranks of Labour
regarding the Prime Minister's fitness for the tasks ahead of him. The Downing-strect statement suggests a lack of nervous strength. Mr Attlee, as head of his Government, has proved himself in every sense a key mail of that
· Administration..
His sincerity and the soundness of his judg-. ment are now taken for granted in the Labour movement as a whole.
He has been vory successful in maintaining peace and concord in n Cabinet which contains a number of forceful and, possibly, clashing personalities.
It would be a major misfortune.for the party if, with international problems what they are, and a general clection not so very far away, lack of health obliged the Premier to relinquish his leadership.
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IN such an unhappy contingency Mr Morrison would appear to me to be the inevitable
successor.
The Velvet Glove Behind
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By Rosette Hargrove'
cx-
MOSCOW'S iron hand has tomatically entitles the holder to a
been kept in the velvet vis. Passports, custors and
change examinations at the border glove, so far, in her
were fasi and courteous. Visitors dealings with Hungary. The must report at once to fair head- have their passports strong quarters to Communist party is
siamped. the in Hungary, and follows Kremlin ne as closely as any
But outside Russia.
com-
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All
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of
The Lord President is # moro aggressive
more
personality than Mr Attlee, and no doubt has rivals and enemies, but both 11 Parliament and in the country Labour recognises him as the hell- apparent to the leadership. There are those who other
speak of Richmonds in The Acid, naming Ernest Bevin, Stafford Cripps, Hugh Dalton and Aneurin Bovan, according to fancy.
But Herbert Morrison ta un- doubtedly the odds-on favourite.
DIRECT approach to Statin (thu
alitged sovereign remedy for every impaise between East anch West) has been tried on a number of occasions, but has proved sadly. unproductive of results.
The question is, What now? And after these prolonged negotiations nobody yet knows the answer. But answer there must be..
MRS FREDA
MIM.
SAP
CORBET Labour P. for N. W. Camberwell, has received no small distinction in being made one of the British alter- nate delegates for the Generni Assembly of UNO in Paris this month.
A little woman of 42' (she has no falso modesty about her age), with a brisk, businesslike air, she is a bundle of energy.
enterprises employing have been taken without payment 100 persons, unless forsign-owned.
Compulsory schooling for children from six to 14 is now enforced in Hungary. The schoolboys above are studying by the governinent. In 1945 form-
"wall newspaper** under a portrait of the Hungarian national there in feudalism was ended by taking
hero, Ady,
Consider her record. She was at 2,804,171 hectares of land (almost has been no sign of any reign of 4,500,000
teacher and lecturer, holding a B. acres) from owners The land has been redistributed. educate 6.000 talented pensant and A. honours degree in History. terror. There have been no mass big estates,
serious action against hectares
and another 300,000 But it has not been communised, proletarian youths who otherwise
She found me to become arrests, no
750,000 (almost
Deres) political opponents. Though
lled mentioned collectivisation. A British Most of the work of reconstructing has been active as a juvenile court barrister as long ago as 1931, and who listen to the foreign broadcasts from war criminals. That totalled So far the government has not even could not have continued studyin
arble about a third of Hungary's
agricultural
visited the buildings was done by students land. This was divided among Hungary recently believes that there outside study hours. They live themagistrate. G60,000 "profetarians," and the would be strong general objection collective life, and are indoctrinated
to any such attempt to follow the in Communist ideals. Soviet pattern.
been
107el
those
when in
have
warned, Hungarians talk to forelucrs public they keep an eye over their shoulders to see who may be caves-" tiropping,
Men and women in liberal pro- fessions and, the civil service are being "encouraged“ to join the Party, and they know instinctively that it may be embarrassing if they decline.
I
to
a
says i government
is giving living to some three out of Hun- Dry's more than nine million in- habitants.
expert. Who
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Most text books were destroyed No
JOW, In addition to being M. P.. Striking Changes during the war. This gave The she is a member of the L. C. C., NE of the more striking changes is Communists opportunity to replace of which body she is Chief Labour ONE
2,500,000 copies of 50 Whip. Half the country's arable land
at Margaret Island, luxurious them with used to be owned by about 12,000 prewar resort in the middle of the new texts written in accord with
beautiful other half was Danube. The
summer Communist ideology. persons, while the divided among more than 1,000,000 restaurants, clubs, cafes and sports
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owners. Three millions, including grounds that once dotted that play-- Tomorrow: The three-year plan. HAD no diflculty getting permis- women and children, either owned ground of wealthy Europeans were no land or had less than two acres destroyed or severely damaged dur ston to come this far behind the
war. The several" swim- cách, iron curtain. It proved easter
and worked as farm hands, ing the get the Hungarian visa and the Now there are no big estates left. ming pools now are available with.
occasional person
was out charge to "shock workers" and who necessary Soviet "gray card" than An to get travel orders for Vienna. especially active in the resistance "heroes of work" from Hungarian The purchase of a voucher for the movement has up to 171 hectares, factories. international fair in celebration of but most farms now are not over
au 57 hectares (140 acres). Independence century of
a
These pohoolgirls are having a black bread snack in the dorml tory of one of the "People's Colleges" for peasant and
Proletarian youth.
n
that
She is also secretary of the group of London Labour M. P.s, and holds other party' offices.
No! I cannot say how Mrs Corbet fils in her spare time.
OFFERS ROLL IN TO MRS KOSENKINA
A new fluorescent sun lamp for use in a special "beauty cabinet" is announced here. Idea is that user steps into the cabinet, sits down for two minutes, and walks out with n brand new tan.
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Balston, largest and warmest take in central and southeastern Europe, is still a playground forj what remains of Budapest fashion. There still are numerous yaclats, sailboats and motor launches. Pretty
By FREDERICK COOK girls still toll on the velvety golden bench-swim, sall, wind up dining
New York, Sept. 15. dancing in the smart hotels or
LTHOUGH Mrs Oksana Kosen- at the yacht club. Somehow, how-
kina-the Russlan woman ever, an observer gets an impres- teacher who figured the Soviet sion that most of these merrymakers Consulate "kidnapping" episode realise they are dancing on the lip refused to let the Soviet Consulate of a volcano-that they are trying here pay even a proportion of her to get what they can out of pleasure hospital bills, she need not worry
where the money is coming from. not be available forever. at may Thousands of Catholics, carrying She has had on avalanche of offers culla lilies, started marching in both
from
newspapers, magazines, radilo comuanics, Buda and Pest
book publishers, a couple of weeks before the government decided to studios, and even vaudeville im-
Watching. nationalise schools.
ofesorios. They are all being Aled an Intersection of wide thorough-
for future scrutiny. face on the Pest side, I was startled when two rockets went off. Women screamed, the procession broke up. President Truman is having his The rockels were the poller's warn- portrait painted in olls. The artist ing that they would sland for nois Tade Styka, the Pole who painted Paderewski, Focks, Clemenceau and many other notables. Styka says People's Colleges Mr Truman has been giving him one THROUGHI the Vatican threatened hour every morning, In his upstairs
excommunication, nationalisation study, and has been "very accom was carried by a vote 230 to 03.modating." There were many demonstrations like the one I saw. But many Hun-
nonsense,
garian Catholics told me the attitude-
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of
Jom Cardini primate of Hungary,
Hollywood gossip is that the, main Mindszenty, fiem of news there is not the arrests
was
Prices of seats on the New York Stock Exchange are slipping. One- has just changed hands for £14,750, which was £250 lower than the last sale, in July,
Bricklayers, on the other hand, are getting more and more. Their pay has just been fixed, by a Supreme Court arbitration, award, at £6 15s a day. Yes, a day, not a week.
Monty Woolley urges all nen to grow a beard. "It is a way of defying women, very satisfying to the sodi to raise something they can't," he says.
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un on marijuana cigarette charges, but necessarily aggressive. The govern the appalling number of defaults on Broadway columnist' Danton ment had shown no intention to home mortgages: the filo. back- Walker. say the BBC refuse Interfere with religious instruction, street homes of, aludio workers, not bring their transmissions up they said.
the swimming-pool and private standard because they are "too busy Col- yacht basin paláces of the few beating America on colour televi-
to Jozen who run the movie business.
More than 103 "People's leges" have been established
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