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Order & Morality. Peel away the wrapping and what lies underneath? A "new morality" and a "new class." The new morality means that "everyone works for the commonwealth rather than for himself." The new class is the Communist Party "elite," who have power but "nothing else." They are "incorruptible" and have given China honest rule at last. Above all, "the program of the Chinese Government is clearly imposed upon its people, not by force, but by forceful persuasion." Less intuitive China-watchers might wonder why this is so clear, recalling (as Koningsberger does not) the 10 million Chinese who were forcefully...
...Corporation fires Samuel S. Bowles, an instructor in Economics, for refusing to sign the Massachusetts Teachers' Loyalty Oath (all teachers in the Commonwealth must swear to uphold its and the nation's constitutions). Bowles obtains an injunction to prevent his dismissal until the Supreme Judicial Court decides whether the oath is constitutional. The University does not contest his action...
...Kenneth Kaunda, who was impatient for stronger British action against Ian Smith's government in Rhodesia. Addressing 20,000 followers at a youth rally in Lusaka, Kaunda attacked Wilson for his "kith and kin" policy on Rhodesia and threatened to propose Britain's expulsion at the next Commonwealth meeting unless Smith's gov ernment has been toppled by then. "Our stand on the rebels is final," Kaunda stressed. ";We refuse to be part and parcel of British treachery...
...Zambia's lifeline for copper exports and coal and consumer-goods imports. By jeopardizing his own economy, Kaunda hopes to put Wilson over a barrel and force him into more decisive action. To calm Kaunda down, last week Wilson sent Judith Hart, the Minister of State for Commonwealth Relations, to Lusaka. When she arrived, only two minor protocol officers were waiting to meet her, and toward week's end she had yet to talk with Kaunda officially. "If the British government should change its policy tomorrow," said Kaunda, "I would shake the hand of Harold Wilson...
...Kent looking on as Britain's official representatives-did the tiny, oven-hot colony mark its independence last week and start life anew as the nation of Guyana (pronounced guy-an-uh, meaning "land of waters" in an Amerindian dialect) and as the 23rd member of the British Commonwealth...