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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER ·4, 1960.

Liberal Party leader makes blunt attack on the PM

Cummings

"Look at that cad Grimond! He's actually attacking her Majesty's Government!"

What

THE British vice is

complacency. · Mr Macmillan has' played on it to the last sonorous phrase and the Jast fatherly evasion,

how

Having found easy it was to say one thing and do another— or do nothing he has left no stop unpulled.

With the help of Colman, Prenter, and Varley he has been projected as the fost of washing machines at home and the wise, world-weary statesman abroad.

Frivolous

Mr Macmillon is n actor. He enjoys the spectacle of himself playing Prome Minister.

London Express Service

(apart from enjoying playing Prime Minister)

has Macmillan

really done?

by JO GRIMOND

LIBERAL M.P. FOR ORKNEY AND SHETLAND

Let us look at Foreign Altairs United Europe 45

Me Macmillatt's chosen field, Power.

For

the

he resisted years suggestion of a Summit, Then be suddenly wow its virtues (whatever they are). He throw out the idea of disengagomeni

East

Weat and between Germany then hastly with

He has thrown out and never followed

drew it.

Mr Macmillan b the best numy Ideas Tery

see them up. Baldwin, and let no one despise

Party

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a talent for party wtanaxenes 1. Unless

you are Winston

nd

have a work war inlo the bar- gain. ነፃ we' get far in polities without II.

Failure

The brutal fact is that the Summit is the one place where Britain doesn't count,

What did he hope to achieve But Me Macmillan, with all his political talents, will get the at the Summit? thumbs-clown from Bistory for his frivolous refusal to face any dimenity. The saw Eden fall bawuse he grasped a nettle, and he has been astute enough to give no repeat performance,

He found that it wasn't only rowers who laut one way and Fo another.

He can make rings round the Opposition in Paris-

ment and his mastery or the Tory Party is complete.

But what of Britala under his

Prime

Ministership? Let 5

look at the record...............

The first duty of a Govern-

ment is to provide defence for

its citizens.

Have we got a defence policy

• which makes sense? No. 'The British Nuclear Deterrent defers Blue Streak is in the no one, waste-paper basket. Our "gon- ventional forces" are totally Inaderuate, And all ut î phenomenal cost.

Of course you should never

the Torles with defence.

trust

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Resisted

Then let's look at Africa, There was the wind of change apeoch. South Afrlen has reaped the whirlwind.

The Summel, Hf it means any thing (which I doubt), means America, Russla und perhaps China and later on perhaps

a

an even more

on

fourth tried to create

imaginative grouping based the Commonwealth and the Western Allance. But we have not,

Was it just because Britain would be called on to make no decisions there that Mr Mac- millan has favoured it?

For there is a vast discrepancy the Government's between phrases out its policies. It is all in favour of "interdependence" -so long us you don't have to do anything about H. It is all in favour of Europe In the abstract,

Let us look at home. "We've never had k so good."

Perhaps though I didn't see much affluence in the homes of pensioners or among the workers slum-ridden city-or of many indeed among Highland crofters,

But how good Is

So Kood? Every day we read of fresh strikes, After 10 years in office the Tory Government reores 0 on industrial relations.

sooner

does production

state of

inent? Are they not as com- placent about the Western Alliance?

of

The cruel pace

nursing a musical

to success

New York.

THERE'S no business like show business for put- fing you in hospital.

Look what has happened

by PETER CHAMBERS

tó "Camelot," the 600,000- show, and the call-boy put his dollar (£214,000) musical head round the door as I talked starring Julie Andrews to Richard Burton, which Broadway folk are saying will be the greatest thing since "My Fair Lady."

At the moment it is play- ing Toronto, Canada,

The great team that made "My Fair Laly" hus created this glittering musical about King Arthur and his Round Table. Alan Jay Lerner wrote the hook and lyries. Frederick Loewe wrote the music. Moss Hart, king of

11 is my first musical," said Burton, te plays King Arthur. He smiled for the photographers and put his arm around Julle Andrews. "I can tell you this, I have never had so much fun."

Ms. Hart, six weeks, from a heart attaeit, said to me: Could you bear all of that four

house We have to do plenty

cutting on this show."

He looked great. Sun-tinged. Salling.

The Poor boy from ihe Bronx-ls first job was check- ing fur pelts in n warehouse— linked arms with his actress playwright - directors on wife Kitty Carlisle and they Broadway, directed the went off for drinks at the Royal show.

York Hotel

Bus what happened to this trio of Broadway nights?

Illness has knocked out two of them.

Perfection

La

take

"You Can't Take It With You," 1g one

Hart's Alan Lerms, the wiry, 42-

of Moss year-okk writer, went down most famous plays. But

show business what you with you

everywhere anxiety: the anxiety of striving achieve perfection before that fatal moment when the

last month with ulcere.

The cause: overwork. The remedy: elgisi days in hospital, Relentless

sheets, ate slops, and furiously worked over the book of the show.

Instead of the smell of greasepaint, Lerner sniffed that subtly. pervasive hospital smell disinfectant and flowers. The worker and the shop-He got up in bed between stiff keeper, the doctor and the housewife may groon at strikes, rlaing costs, low production, and the nationalised industries, but these are things that the Labour Party won't touch. It would be indecent in the eyes of Trans- port House even to raise these matters.

The image

love

actors,

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curtain goes up on Broadway and 600,000 dollars' -worth of tuleni, scenery, and costume is exposed to the flekle gaze 01 1,500 people and a couple of dozen crilics.

Moss Hart has been in the business for 40 years. Anxiety decan't show on him as it does The second-half needs to be on Julle Andrews, who told me: nursery of modern Inventors,

gayor, lighter....Don we need "I know this is a hit, 1 have continually loppling from infla-

more jokes here? Can we zip up exactly the same feeling abou! tlon to starmation.

the Jousting scene? And that it something that tells me No

scene between Lancelot this is terrife-as

I did about and Guinevere (Julie Andrews) My Fair Lady. " begin to Increase that Mr Miscmillan's Government has to

..isn't there sonriething missing And all the time she spoke her thore? stop it. No amount of exhorto-

Aingers twisted nervously und tion laced with syrup can cover

Such were the problems that her Hps trembled a little. occupied Alan the fundamental lack of

Lerner the $15)

urgent, relentless pressures of wrights, directors? The

Do you envy

play- spot- imagination or courage over the running of our economy,

big musical So now the image is to be readying

for light of fame, the electric ex- changed. "Duty" is to be the Broadhyay.

element of success-these are Look at per taxation system. watchword. Away with

Of course, the whole thing things they experience in grea Talk about killing the geese which lay the golden eas! We taxation is to be

High would be gone into with Loewe ter measure that any other those washing machines.

and Hori as of sign

people in any other business, .. x to the bone anyone who Conservative virtue, and

afgot out of hospital,

But, heavens, they work hard touch of dallam" is to be On the day Lerner taine out, for it.. Hard

work put Alan introduced in Tory pošlers, Moss Hurt aged. 55, collapsed Lerner into hospital with ulcers,

Packaged politics to suit all in his hotel room with a heart Hard work lastes, sold ready for consump- | attack. but

methods of promotion. tart by the best approved

But what About defence? What about Europe?

What about a follow-up on the United Nations speech? What about our industries, our elrikes, our laxation?

earns a decent wage but let the gamblers go scot free.

And this is not done in the name of Socialist equality by a Tory Government which talks of the Opportunity Slate.

Riddled

the

people

#

all

soon

Пу he

has struck down Moe Hart with his second heart Then Hugh Walker, manage attack In seven years.

And the

ing director of the O'Kecia third man at "Camelot's" round Centic, the theatre where table, composer Frederick

Camelot" Is playing, down also with ulcers.

went Loewe, suffered 'n heart attack He is only two years ago.

In hospital awalling an opera- tion.

I was

of this

V

Ordained

At the Wellesley Hospital In Tarento. Hurt has been ordered Above all, what about explains opening night of "Camelot doctors,

in Toronto for the total rest for one month by the Many industries are riddled ing to with restrictive practices, and

country that their greaincas les six wooks ago. No presage vi Europe. is the greatest failure

our nationalised industries prac in tackling difficulties; in taking disaster dimmed that glittering of Mr Maternillon's diplomacy.

tise the peculiar wisdom of a lead in practical work i our occasion. Toronto fetched all-its raising the price whon they Commonwealth and through the top-hats out. The lodles wore The great movement which is

can't sell their products,

United Nations; in being some- gowns from New York and creating, one of the largest and A property-owning demo-

tines ile angry and some-Paris. must dynamic markets in the cracy? Again talk, talk, and But why should Mr Macmill- times a little uncomfortable or world is forging ahead without every Budget goes by without an worry? Was not Mr Galt even ferrible suggestion, valor,night like it! The Lieutenant cheats. The curtain will go up Britain. We sit dithering on the

skell a leading advocate of ilke Khrushchev or de Gaulle, Governor and brink while the leadership

British II-bombs until his party so that we take our feet off the which should be ours posges to

We have the most sluggish began rumbling behind him?

fender and our heads out of the Western Germany.

economy of any majoy nation. Are nol the Socialist. Front

feather-plllow of complacency. Our children will look back in Bench even more insular-morg

Mac- Not likely under My amazement at this, the most opposed to the European Cam-

milion. skilful people carth.

OT1

the mon Market-thin the Govern-

(London, Express Service),

There might have been an alternative. A

We might have

elion.

Alan Lerner has taken over the dirtelion of "Camelot." Le! Lerner nog and Loewe free. Let Toronto had never seen a first Moss Hart lie between cool

the Regimental on "Camelot.” December 3, Guard of the Queen's Own It is ordained, as King Arthur Rifles turned out.

was ordained 1,300 years ago to "Are you ready for the photo- wrest the sword Excalibur from graphers now. Mr Burton?" the living rock. This was backstage.

-(London Express Servicx), ofter the

I'd rather be third BRITISH SCIENTISTS TAKE

any time

than second

Says NANCY SPAIN

A charming lad Marty, no doubt, but because he was second, to me profoundly de- pressing.

Humour on gramophone records too, It's an industry

that's booming.

Paddy Roberts

Tony Hancockc... Peier Sellers, I haven't a clue who came first or that little lot, but obviously come splendid tycoon of the turntables said: "Bays, humour s going big. Get someone fundy

clambered determinedly on to the band wagon,

DON'T look now, but there's another Oscar and let him cula disc," and

Wilde on the way. Into the West End at the end of the month for a three-week season comes Irish actor Micheal Mac Liammoir eager to be the Oscar most likely to succeed.

Into

Dreams

9

nre

Brigitte Bardot, 28

well.

the old French rails. The arsi

THE OF

SMELL HOUSE

Secret is found after 100

OUT GAS

years

The World of Science

by Peter Fartery

mally designs rangefinders for tanker at the Fighting Vehicles ResearchTM and Development Establishment. Chertsey, This time civilians...

he

Charg

П

winner

fox

You look through a little win- dow with both eyes, and see three indicating. marks at different distances. The "centre mark spots the focusing point and indicates the range of your target,"

Two Hluminoted rings, one in front of the spot, the other behind, show exuelly how much of foreground and back- ground will also be in focus, De isharp," when you presя the camera button. You get a true stereoscople effect.

The rangefinder can be Aited to any comeru, small or parge.

'Model' H-blast

Yet another advance this lima in the neld of atento "weapons, Selenlisté ad Alder

maston no longer need to explode un H-bomb to know what, tho. heat and binst effect will be on Its target.

BRITISH scientists have discovered a cheaper, more efficient way of tak- There's an Industry of custom- ing the smell out of household gas. It is a secret which all nations Curiously enough the greatest Defence Ministers of modern

bulit models that ran clean off have been hunting for more than 100 years. And it cuts the cost of puri- times have both been Liberals Cardwell and Haldane - and

an evening entitled Bolman would die rather than Brigitte, with her hair hangin' fying gas from 3 pence per therm to as little as 1 of a penny, and is being

down and all, was spining. both bitterly attacked by the The Importance of Being

ог thik about the

hailed as The second, Anette Stroyberg,

a real breakthrough in the streamlining of Britain's gas Tories. Still the record of our Oscar he packs (or so I creations Balenciaga ts brooding who was also the SECOND Mrs. industry. Government has reached a new father) just about every would

about. So would Givenchy, So Vadim, well, slie was about ns low-even for Torles.

Plerre Cardin. All the Inspiring as a side of cold young works has

At present, all gas from a thing anyone can do to designers draw and design and

to be passed vent in a butcher's shop. Mylene through trays of powdered Ireland's most fashionable dream.

Denongest may well, redeem Writer of the year.

iron oxide. And in the spring they come the Brigitte look yet. out blinking in the sunlight But in some worlds 'thers with the eternal miracle, All

The oxide removes hydrogent are genuine coincidences, Noel the skirt lengths

the Coward and Nancy Milford sulphide favourite basle in- kame, Everyone's silhouette don't work. In collaboration. gredient of mariya school. looks roughly alike.

But in the same week they each boys "stink bomb." The pro- have a novel published.

cray is dirty, and

Certainly it is a big step for One is about a state

visit,rome. The other is about a stało visit. In the new. method, gas is wand towards more clelent gw And Coward's la even dedicated brabbled through water contain works, and aloo has wide coin

mercial applicatione. to Mitford. (I can't walt for in a special dye. The system -

The discovery was made by a Autron Waugh's father to 18 completely enclosed and fully, team led by Dr Tom Nickiin, a didinet odour. come out with one too.".

matomatic. I wouldn't co to say which

chief scientist to the North- first or orcond of

with Dr B. Brunner, research

effect? The Christanna. Island manager of a big British dire But of one thing I am dober-

sories, just before all nations Now every trade isn't, lice mined in my own plautical life.

Do you find most of your agreed to hall -leris, confrun Will I cut the cost of gas to firm. 7. The theatre: Is a little tiny this. Tike the

is now being snap-shots" "are"diazy"? Itved exactly their model: Predios wiched old If I can't come first I'd rather the housewife? Probably not. The new proce world all on its own.. So is business of selling pop music. be third. After all, it was Capital costs of the new equlp- tiktalled in a lorge kuswories in reed no longer happen. A mort, tons, empreganja ob 16 I give the Government credit fashion, Every winter the great Tommy Steele came first of the when they titroduced secondment will make up the saving at Manchester, and will shortly go accurate rangefinder for So now, the only reason to Log-considerable "pilancy over designers disappear into Their British rock n' roll boys. Then us to British Railways that Ara

inte, one in Liverpool Later: il cameras han, just been designed, test a bomb is to see SMART Airloa--but of inadership thare studius and get ready to pop out, came Marty Wilde. Then Cleverything went wronged But later it may help the Ins will certainly come South, i The inventor is 89-year-old mechanism workout of -ħas been, nOGO.

in January with the Now, Line,' 'Richard,

Idustrɔl to, pes back rising costs, "FOOTNOTE: The new mélked Me Norman Barton,

"Mr Lennox-Boyd (so earnestly projected 24 the Krenics! Colonial Secretary of all thne) has been blown away with li

his policice

Lord Home will, no doubt, forget his forthright pronounce-

tako

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Some may groan at this news.

them. um NOT among

like things to go in threes. In my opinion is the second fellow who is the worse.

I

Witchcraft

ment-as lately as FebruaryArabs. It is the uncast man who

Take Lawrence und the Don't ask me how this witch- this year-thet

craft happens...but it does. "Her Majesty's is going to try to copy. Sir Alec And every year. This is the Government

Guinness who is going to be the exception and it's a genuine opportunity of reafening that

wet one In my opinion Peter one. thoy

to are opposod proposal for the secession Finch's film of Wilde was better

than Robert Morley's. territories. of any one of tho from the Federation,"

any

came these,

---(Landen Keyrng "Berotos),

Big step

cumber-

will not mean ammoll-free gos In the home. That would be highly sult dangerou enough, organte compounds joft in the gas to ensure that it has

There

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They have found out how to reduce exactly the same effects with amil pinch of conVERI tional explosive, They try it on models of thy targets they wish to destroy.

How can they' bu do surv small-scale tests give an

Wort God Bourd, in co-operation Lose that fuzz euraid picture of the bigg

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