Word: morrison
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...question was: Should Anthony Eden's invitation to the two Bolsheviks to visit Britain next spring now be canceled? In a poll by the Daily Sketch, 69.6% said yes. But Labor's ex-Foreign Secretary Herbert Morrison argued, "Let them come. It would be spiteful and childish and not improve relations to get bad-tempered." In the end, the Eden government decided to go on with the plans, but to moderate the welcome...
...shall do as I am told." Four years ago, the succession would undoubtedly have gone without a fight to Deputy Leader Morrison. A cockney policeman's son, genial Herb Morrison is a man after every workingman's heart...
...Morrison is now 67, will be 72 before the next scheduled general elections, and his star was somewhat dimmed by an unsuccessful tour as Foreign Secretary...
Bevanites admit that Nye cannot command the votes to win. If Morrison were elected, 58-year-old Nye might yet have his turn when Morrison retired, but if 49-year-old Gaitskell wins, Bevan will have been passed over, and probably for good. Over the years, Morrison and Bevan have been the bitterest of personal rivals...
...eager to stop Gaitskell that last week he agreed to withdraw if Gaitskell also would, leaving the field to Morrison...