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...patch up their difference-or open the rift irrevocably. For once, Party Leader Clement Attlee had thrown his native caution to the winds. He came to the meeting armed with a resolution demanding that the rebel Bevanites come to heel, without reservation. They must support, among other things, rearmament. Bevan himself, in a speech in his own constituency of Ebbw Vale, had all but threatened to withdraw from the party if such a resolution were pressed...
...party meeting, Bevan taunted Attlee by saying, "Clem, you're a liar." Attlee sputtered back: "You are!" At that warm moment, Tom O'Brien, leader of the studio and theater workers' union, broke in: "May I propose that we transfer this meeting to Westminster Hall where we can have a brass plaque inserted in the floor to record for history, 'On this spot, the Labor Party committed suicide, aided and abetted by Clement Attlee and Aneurin Bevan...
Five days later, in Durham, Nye Bevan aired a few of his current opinions...
Bevanites are already talking, in a casual way, about such a man. He is James Griffiths, a 61-year-old Welshman who came, like Nye Bevan, out of the coal mines. They hint that should Attlee drop out at some future date, Bevan himself might not grab for control. Privately, the Bevan followers say that silver-maned Jim Griffiths would be a fine bridge between the moderate, old-line Socialists and the left-wingers. An old-style trade unionist himself, he came from the revivalist meetings and coal dust of South Wales, eked out an education in London...
...like the English." Replied Jim: "That's all right. I have a lot of trouble with them myself." In Labor's reign, he handled the tough Ministry of National Insurance, later was Secretary of State for the Colonies. Respected by both Attlee and Bevan, Griffiths last week was giving no indication that he had even heard the talk about him. In the confidence votes on rearmament, he voted stoutly with Attlee...