Word: gunawardena
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Dates: during 1957-1957
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Driving force behind this leftward trend is Bandaranaike's Minister of Agriculture and Food, dynamic, ruthless Philip Gunawardena. A rich man's son who learned about Communism at the University of Wisconsin and New York's Union Square, Gunawardena calls himself "a Marxist, first, last and always." From the moment Bandaranaike took him into the government last year (ostensibly to keep him quiet), Gunawardena has stepped up his demands for more and more nationalization. He has already won authority to control all rice and sugar sales. His latest proposal would give him the right to control...
...This fear of Communism," says the Prime Minister, "is terribly overdone." Retorts Agriculture Minister Gunawardena: "Ceylon will be all left within the next five years...