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...Burnham had not sold out, as far as most voters were concerned. Rather, he had kept the peace. Moreover, for the first time a Negro had made overtures to the Indian population. Since many are rice or sugarcane farmers, Burnham's government has been working on new strains that will mean better crops. Also, Burnham allowed India's Bank of Baroda to open a branch in Guyana, declared national holidays on Muslim and Hindu feast days, issued Guyanan postage stamps in honor of the Koran. As a result, Burnham last week carried Indian districts that Jagan had always...
...Jagan's anger was presumably aroused by Schlesinger's policy advice to JFK: "An independent British Guiana under Burnham (if Burnham will commit himself to a multiracial policy) would cause us many fewer problems than an independent British Guiana under Jagan...
...reporters and photographers for rough treatment, it was hardly surprising that some of them felt more sympathy for the attacked than the attackers. And, in a way, Daley was right about the presence of TV cameras having an effect on what happened. As New York Magazine Writer Sophy Burnham pointed out last week, the presence of TV cameras and lights changes the mood and attitude of people before them, much as "a girl undressing is quite aware of the man watching her and removes her clothes accordingly." So it went, Daley whitewashing and the press protesting, until it almost seemed...
Invitation to Think. In England, nine priests have been suspended or more subtly censured. Father John Challoner of the Oratorians in Birmingham has been given no church duties since he attended a prayer meeting organized by opponents of the encyclical. Father Anthony Burnham of Surrey, at his bishop's suggestion, has taken a leave from his parish "to think...
They could all unite, however, in their hostility to Communism. Some, like Burnham and Meyer, had been Communists and understood the viciousness of the creed-nor have they forgotten or forgiven. If there has been a thaw in the Soviet Union, there is no way of telling from the Review. The publication denounces the nuclear test-ban treaty as a sellout to the Russians; Burnham writes a column on foreign affairs called "The Third World War"-the Review has no doubt that it has begun. Not long ago, Buckley urged the U.S. to bomb China's nuclear installations-once...