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Five years of power and responsibility had made Labor's leaders cautious on the once-beloved doctrine of nationalization. At Margate last week a proposal to nationalize the building industry made even the leftists of the Labor Party wince. Health Minister Aneurin ("Nye") Bevan said: "What you are really saying is 'let's nationalize every industry in Great Britain.'" Cried a voice...
...Bevan, once as extreme an advocate of complete nationalization as the party had, wearily swept back his thatch of hair (a well-trimmed thatch these days to match his well-tailored suit). Said he: "In the ensuing dislocation there would not be many houses going up. Good heavens! Think of the price of compensation-even down to the jobbing builder in every village...
...party's Socialist militants, headed by Health Minister Aneurin Bevan, went to the conclave determined that Labor must place all its hopes in an appeal to workers. Nationalization and more nationalization was what was needed, said Bevan...
...looked on Shinwell as a bridge between British Laborites and some Communist leaders. Last week it was received quietly. Shinwell is supposed to have mended his radical ways. He has immense personal loyalty to Attlee, and probably can be relied on to side with him if Health Minister Aneurin Bevan revolts. Attlee carefully saw to it that Bevan remained in his old post instead of receiving a promotion as Bevan expected...
...Left-wing Laborites like ardent, outspoken Aneurin Bevan (see above) complained that Labor would have done better if it had fought a more militant, more frankly leftish campaign. There is no objective reason to believe this. Both major parties drove for the middle, squeezing the Liberals between them. In the doubting mood of the British electorate, these cautious tactics were probably sound for both sides...