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...matters of personal conviction, instead of on instruction of party whips. Last week was such an occasion, and the question was one that weighed heavily on many a member's conscience: capital punishment. By a vote of 293 to 262 (four dozen Tories rejecting the stand of Anthony Eden's Cabinet), the House voted to abolish the death penalty for murder...
There were cheers in the House as the vote was announced. Sir Anthony Eden, looking glumly shaken by the defeat, promised to "give full weight at once" to the House's decision...
...Eden's visit added to the considera ble store of credit he has banked in the U.S.; he will need it next April when he plans to draw a large check by leading Khrushchev and Bulganin into the presence of his Queen...
...ANTHONY EDEN...
...plea of Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden for a relaxation of the Allied embargo against trade to Red China got a cool reception in Washington last week (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS). Part of the reason was an angry blast by the Senate Investigations Subcommittee at the "shocking" flow of strategic goods already leaking out to Red nations, mainly Russia. The subcommittee voted unanimously for public hearings on the effect of an agreement two years ago to cut the Battle Act embargo list for Western Allies from 297 to 217 items and the international quantitative control list from 90 to 20 items...