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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Having won over the Welsh, Callaghan and his lieutenants turned their attention to three of the twelve members from Ulster; most of the others were Protestant Unionists considered certain to vote with the Conservatives. The full weight of Labor lobbying came down upon Harold McCusker, Frank Maguire and Gerald Fitt. In the end, McCusker voted for the government, while Maguire and Fitt abstained. But Fitt, a Catholic who usually supported Labor, did so only after an anguished declaration of conscience that held the House in silence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITAIN: Labor Gets the Sack | 4/9/1979 | See Source »

...larger channel. They cite letters he sent at the time to members of Congress declaring that the project was "only marginally justified." Added Resor: "The Tennessee-Tombigbee project continues to lack that margin of economic safety which typically marks federal investments in water resource development." But Al Fitt, who served as special assistant to Resor for civil functions (including Corps of Engineers' projects), submitted an affidavit to the court stating that his boss's memo was intended to approve the actual widening...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Dreaming of the Golden Gulf | 1/15/1979 | See Source »

...moderate experiment, indeed, had given moderation itself a bad name. Last week the militant Protestants, who had led the general strike that brought down the Provincial Executive were still exulting. Ulster's Catholics, meanwhile, were nursing their resentments. "It's awful," said Catholic Party Leader Gerry Fitt, describing the tension between the two groups. "The slightest thing might...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NORTHERN IRELAND: Waiting for the Explosion | 6/17/1974 | See Source »

...begin his morning conferences with Ulster's disputatious politicians. Marveled John Hume, Minister of Commerce in Ulster's new coalition, last week: "You went in angry to see him, and you always came out wondering why you never got the boot in." Added Deputy Chief Executive Gerry Fitt, leader of the Social Democratic and Labor Party: "He had an effective English slice of Irish charm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITAIN: The Miracle Worker | 12/17/1973 | See Source »

Nonetheless, there was the novel sight of those archfoes, Brian Faulkner and Gerry Fitt, defending each other -as well as themselves-on television. Said Faulkner with a flourish: "In the last six weeks I have seen more constructive debate around that conference table than I have seen in 25 years in politics. Gerry Fitt and I will both work as a strong team, both determined to see that the executive works." Therein lies Ulster's best chance to stop the bloodshed between warring Protestants and Catholics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NORTHERN IRELAND: Coalition by Compromise | 12/3/1973 | See Source »

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