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Jordan's crowded cities, will initially bear 80% of the cost of the federal budget. But besides the federal Parliament, each nation will keep its own Parliament. Each nation will issue its own passports and run its own domestic economy; e.g., Iraq will not share its oil revenues to help Jordan's development projects...
...racial discrimination. No self-respecting country can allow its envoys to go about demanding civilized treatment on the strength of such chits of paper." Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru himself seemed equally unsatisfied to accept apologies as a substitute for immediate and constructive action. Last week he told his Parliament that India will break diplomatic relations with the Federation unless discrimination comes...
Cloak for Timidity. The London Times insisted that the South Carolina dud merely proved that the dangers of radiation from such an accident were "practically negligible." In Parliament, 100 Conservative M.P.s submitted a motion rejecting "any proposal to renounce unilaterally the use of nuclear arms while sheltering behind the protection of the American deterrent." Snapped Prime Minister Macmillan: "I can admire those who advocate a pacifist approach to these problems. But I do not respect timidity under the cloak of spiritual feelings...
Khalil's rugged independence paid off. Last week, with most of the ballots counted, Khalil's Umma Party was winner of 75 seats to El Azhari's 45. But Khalil needs another twelve votes to muster a majority in the 173-man Parliament, and both sides were busy wooing adherents among the minor parties and independents. Said one cynical observer: "For the next few days, you won't be able to sleep around here for the clink of money...
...road to self-government. The federation of the onetime British colonies of Jamaica, Trinidad, Barbados and seven other main islands-8,000 sq. mi. of land and 3,000,000 people sprawled over 1,500 miles of Caribbean Sea-will hold its first election, choose the first West Indies Parliament, which will be opened April 22 with Princess Margaret representing Queen Elizabeth...