Word: disbandment
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Flicking out his words like whisks of a schoolmaster's cane. Attlee moved what amounted to an either-or ultimatum to the Bevanites: disband and shut up, or get out of the Labor Party. And no argy-bargy about what is or is not a party-within-a-party. "You can't define an elephant," snapped Attlee, "but you can recognize one when...
...words were a rallying cry to all the Attleeites. At a meeting of parliamentary front benchers Attlee himself cast aside the cloak of neutrality he has tried up to now to wear as party leader. In tart, hot temper, he outlined an ultimatum to the Bevanites-disband the party-within-a-party and stop calling names in public. Nye Bevan, his eyes round with affected innocence, faced the challenge with the wounded mien of a child accused of palming the queen in a game of Old Maid. With hands spread wide, he offered to throw his group meetings open...
...Combined Charities Committee decided not to disband last night, instead accepting a Student Council suggestion to strike the Experiment in International Living off its list and preserve a nearly equal ratio of national and international charities...
After the meeting Carl M. Sapers '53, Chairman of the Combined Charities Committee, said his group will probably disband, an action "which will slow the drive enormously...
When the Council passed the ratio proposal, which, according to Sapers, "means in realistic terms that we are going to have to cut one international charity," the Committee Chairman said his group can either accept the Council's dictum or disband, and indicated the latter course as probable. Actually, the Combined Charities Committee, a group appointed by the Council, can repect Council proposals...