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Health Minister Aneurin Bevan and his closest political friends believe that Socialism is like a bicycle;-if it stops, it topples. Therefore they have long advocated a fast, nonstop nationalization of British industries. Last week it was apparent that the Bevan group had given some ground to the go-slow faction headed by Herbert Morrison. Labor issued the first draft of the platform on which it hopes to be re-elected next year, and the gist was that the Socialist bicycle would move forward at a greatly reduced rate of speed...
...Moderates" like Morrison clashed with Bevan's fast-cycling views. The upshot was a compromise. Nationalization was only extended to six more industries-water supply, meat wholesaling and cold storage, all "suitable" mineral production, industrial insurance, sugar, cement. Actually, three of these are already partially under state control; all can be controlled-Labor hopes-without complex reorganization...
...short-term resident of Britain, I heartily endorse your sympathetic evaluation of Aneurin Bevan and his part in the socialization of Britain [TIME, March 21]. Thank you for your help in enabling Americans . . . to understand the comparatively quiet but nonetheless gigantic revolution in one of the world's greatest nations...
Every now & then, Nye Bevan gets away from his desk and takes a stroll along the seaside with several old cronies. He will stop at a stall to eat winkles, go wild on the swings, and will not miss a single peep show of the "What the Butler Saw" species. During one of these strolls, recently, Bevan dropped a penny into a fortune-telling slot machine. The note which the machine returned declared: "Not another personality is as sparkling as yours, nor a personality with such inherent righteousness...
...former mine mates peered over Bevan's shoulder. "Why, man, that's pretty true, you know," he said. "But by God, mind you live...