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...invasion from outside has be come a political issue as well as an economic one. Deputy Prime Minister John McEwen, leader of the Country Party, holds that Australia year by year is "selling off a part of the farm." Gorton's Liberal government denies that, maintains that without such investment Australia would be like Mexico, Bolivia, Indonesia or the Congo, allowing stubborn national pride to strangle national interests. Still, the Liberals would like foreign investors to be less stubborn too. Gorton, who often takes an oar in one of the lifeboat teams that Aussies love, would like...
After Holt's death, the Liberal leadership-and prime ministership-seemed far more likely to go to Deputy Party Leader William McMahon, Holt's treasurer and second-in-command. But Interim Prime Minister John McEwen, leader of the Country Party and a longtime personal rival of McMahon, warned that he would bolt the coalition if the Liberals chose McMahon. Amid the resulting party turmoil, Gorton went quickly to work gathering support for his own drive, and gained a full week on everyone else. By the time last week's Liberal Party convention opened in Canberra...
...trip also provided an opportunity to reaffirm the bond with Australia, which is becoming an increasingly closer ally in political, economic and cultural matters. By way of welcome, Holt's interim successor, John McEwen, promised "no change in Australia's commitment until a just peace is won." Johnson also had a rare chance to meet with the leaders of the five other Viet Nam war allies, some of them for the first time since the Manila Conference 14 months ago. He conferred with South Viet Nam's President Thieu, South Korea's President Chung Hee Park...
After Holt's death last week, the friendly cooperation disappeared, and the differences that Holt had smoothed over suddenly threatened to wreck the coalition. On one side is Country Party Leader John McEwen, Holt's Minister of Trade and Deputy Prime Minister, who automatically succeeded to the prime ministership until new Liberal Party elections can be held Jan. 9. On the other side is the Liberal Party's William McMahon, Holt's Treasurer, the party's second-in-command and Holt's heir apparent. Over the years, small policy disagreements between the two have...
...Allen Fair-hall, 58, External Affairs Minister Paul Hasluck, 62, Labor and National Service Minister Leslie H. Bury, 54, and Education Minister John G. Gorton, 56. In the end, it was a tribute to Australia-and to Holt-that overall government policy itself will probably shift little, either under McEwen or his Lib eral successor. Above all, McEwen promised last week that he would stand behind Holt's commitment to Viet...