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...government's failure to redress the grievances of the Pakistani community. Much of their bitterness is justified. Colored doctors and nurses are a mainstay of Britain's nationalized medicine, and bus services throughout Britain would grind to a halt without colored crews. No matter. Home Secretary James Callaghan, pressured by public opinion, told Parliament that the government will legislate against the loopholes in Britain's immigration laws...
When James Callaghan rose in the House of Commons two weeks ago after announcing that Britain had devalued the pound, a Tory frontbencher shouted: "The Chancellor is an honor able man. Will he resign?" Last week Callaghan resigned as Chancellor of the Exchequer. Harold Wilson moved him over to the Home Office and replaced him at the Treasury with Home Secretary Roy Jenkins, 48, a tough but suave economist who may be one of the few Laborites to gain from the par ty's recent embarrassments - provided that he can help extricate Britain from its present economic morass...
...Callaghan, 55, was bound to be one of the biggest losers from the devaluation. For three years he has had the melancholy task of explaining Harold Wilson's economic policies and defending the tottering pound. When Wilson finally devalued, Callaghan sat down on the same day to pen his resignation...
...wrote that he "did not think it right" to remain in office because he had gone back on pledges to other countries to maintain the value of their sterling reserves. But Callaghan's career is not necessarily finished. In fact, he may have even enhanced his stature by the candid way in which he outlined the new sacrifices demanded of the country, while Harold Wilson agilely avoided mentioning them...
Wide Appeal. Jenkins is a practical socialist whose views do not differ widely from Callaghan's. He is a firm backer of Britain's entry into the Common Market, favors some relaxation of government controls and greater tax incentives for industry. The son of a coal miner who was a Labor M.P., he went to Oxford not on a scholarship but on his father's earnings...