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...changed in Britain since then. Successive sterling crises have demonstrated to all but the most insular Britons that Little Englandism will not work in the modern industrial world. Britain's once-binding ties of trade with the Commonwealth have continued to loosen, dropping in 1956 from 40% of all British trade to a mere 28% last year. British public opinion-including an estimated 90% of businessmen-has clearly swung round in favor of joining Europe...
...higher, most brands are still on store shelves. Costs of such luxury items as chocolate have skyrocketed, and the only mascara available runs down the ladies' faces. But signs of austerity are few, and business in downtown Salisbury is brisk. Unable to buy from Britain and other Commonwealth countries, Rhodesia has simply turned to friendly South Africa instead. Since Prime Minister Wilson cannot prevent South Africa from selling oil to Rhodesia, Smith gets all he needs to keep the economy going...
...four more years. Massachusetts can no longer neglect her obligations in education, justice, and administrative and constitutional reform. The interference of Peter Volpe, the governor's brother, in the selection of architects at the University of Massachusetts and the re-examination of the Inner Belt indicate perhaps the Commonwealth's government is being conducted on principles actually too close to those of the business world...
Edward J. McCormack, however, can provide Massachusetts with the imagination necessary to find new solutions to the Commonwealth's problems. Demands for the reform of the General Court have grown louder through the last few years; McCormack has wisely suggested that a study be undertaken first to determine just what the Court's problems are and also to learn if a structural change is the best way to solve them...
Unlike some other Massachusetts Democrats, McCormack has recognized the necessity of a sales tax or some other source of revenue to enable the Commonwealth to operate. If in fact the sales tax should be defeated at the polls next week, McCormack with his wide base of support in the General Court would probably be able to get it through again, but Volpe would not. Anti-sales-tax sentiment is concentrated in the Senate where it is but a variation on anti-Volpe sentiment, a sentiment which grows stronger daily...