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...McGovern had a succinct answer: "Resign." Yet at a dinner party in Johannesburg, he startled his South African hosts by indicating that Smith's government in Rhodesia, if it continues to move toward an "all parties" conference of local leaders and carries through with a promised one-man, one-vote national election next spring with "credible" international observers, could expect the U.S. Senate to repeal the economic embargo imposed on the country...
Though he is short of a parliamentary majority by five votes, Britain's Prime Minister James Callaghan has kept his Labor government in power since August by combining the boldness of a crap shooter with the cunning of a political confidence man. Even so, Callaghan constantly teeters on the edge of defeat. Last week he almost fell, surviving an unexpected vote of confidence only through a jerry-built majority of the moment...
...confidence vote came after Callaghan had lost two other votes in a debate on his anti-inflation policy?which galls the unions because it contains a lid on wages but not prices, and pains businessmen because it puts the burden on companies to enforce the wage standards. The first vote was on the issue of sanctions against companies that violate the 5% pay hike ceiling. Five left-wing Laborites deserted the government. As a result, Labor went down to a 285-279 defeat. That led to a vote on the government's entire pay policy, which Callaghan also lost...
Callaghan was expected to win the confidence vote; had he lost, there would have had to be an immediate election. But just to make victory certain, Callaghan reminded Scottish and Welsh nationalists of the referendum promised for March on a proposal for increased local rule for Scotland and Wales. Similarly, the Ulster-men were reminded that the Prime Minister has pledged an increase in seats for them, from 12 to 17. That did the trick. Enough nationalists voted with Labor, enough unionists abstained, and Callaghan survived...
Inevitably, however, came the question of how effective he can continue to be. Editorialized London's pro-Labor Daily Mirror on Page One: "Let the people vote. Mr. Callaghan has been left with out a weapon in his hand to fight the most important battle of our time, the battle against inflation." The Mirror demanded a general election before winter is out, but a more likely time for a vote is early spring, when the weather will be better. Said one of Callaghan's Cabinet colleagues last week: "I have circled April 5 on my calendar and I suspect that...