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...iron Bob. The campaign was one of the dirtiest in Australia's 53 years of responsible self-government. Menzies, an able politician with a handsome, Warren G. Harding look, was not on speaking terms with his principal opponent, Herbert ("Doc") Evatt, the stocky, ambitious leader of Australian Labor. Both are from New South Wales, the sons of country shopkeepers, born in the same year (1894) and both able lawyers. But Evatt accused Menzies of being the tool of "trusts and combines," and Menzies fought back with charges of "disgraceful, shameful, mercenary bidding for votes...
Clasby's total offensive gain of 251 yards brings him over the thousand mark. He now has a net gain of 1,017 yards.A reverse off left tackle on a handoff from Dick Clasby netted six yards for wingback BRIAN REYNOLDS (32), before linebackers CLAY EVATT (40) and BOB RENN (38) brought him down. Quarterback GIL O'NEIL (21) is on the ground, while center BUDDY LEMAY (50) is coming up from behind...
...classified treaty had given the information to the Reds. In Parliament later, Australia's foreign minister, Richard Casey, admitted the leak. (Although Casey denied the connection, members' questions pointed to one John Burton, a former top official under Casey's Laborite predecessor, Herbert V. Evatt. Burton last spring led a delegation of fellow travelers to Red China's "Pacific Peace Conference...
Although alert to the Red threat, the Australian people, in his opinion, show none of the hysteria Tipping finds in the United States. A constitutional amendment to outlaw the Communist Party was opposed by none other than Herbert Evatt, first president of the General Assembly. "Evatt risked political suicide by defending the Reds' rights, but the amendment was roundly defeated by the people...
Australia's Labor Party, led by ex-Deputy Prime Minister Herbert Evatt, charged that the amendment threatened civil liberties, and led a heated campaign against it. Last week, in a nationwide referendum, Australians rejected the amendment. Said Menzies: "I'm going to have one hand tied behind my back in my fight against Communism. [But] I intend to keep on fighting...