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...economic ills. On the contrary, Wilson clearly assigned priority to expanded welfare statism that Britain can patently ill afford. He also insisted on doctrinaire legislation such as renationalization of steel, hinted at new, incentive-stifling corporate and capital-gains taxes. Convinced that Britain's financial position could only worsen, international bankers scrambled to unload their sterling holdings...
...Athens, Papandreou seemed both angered and disgusted with Makarios, but he neverthelesss rebuffed Inönü's offer of direct negotiation, which, he said, "would only produce false solutions that would worsen the situation and lead to disaster." If the efforts at U.N. mediation should fail, Papandreou added, the Cyprus problem should go to the General Assembly-exactly what Makarios wants, because he hopes that the Assembly will back his stand that repression of the Turkish Cypriots is an internal affair...
Once again, the nonpermanent members of the Council came to the rescue. They produced a new resolution requiring all member states to "refrain from any action or threat of action likely to worsen the situation," and "requested" that U Thant press on with his peacekeeping efforts. Next day there was a breakthrough on the troop bottleneck. Sweden planned to send in an advance force of several hundred men from its contingent with the U.N. force in Gaza. Canada dispatched a small group of officers as a "reconnaissance mission." Another 1,000 Canadian troops prepared to take off for Nicosia this...
...Pessimistic." President Kennedy cannot even cherish much hope that his proposals will do better during the rest of the session. The prospect, indeed, is that his difficulties with Congress will worsen as a result of his civil rights bill. In the Senate, a Southern filibuster is certain, and while it lasts, all other legislation will be stalled. Whatever the outcome of the battle, Southerners in Congress are going to be at odds with the President and disinclined to go along with his other requests. "Civil rights," says a White House aide, "has changed the whole situation in the House...
...surprising 26 seats in French-Canadian Quebec, put it in blunter fashion. "Diefenbaker knew it months ago; for the campaign, he was hiding those things," he said. "He ought to resign." Diefenbaker indicated that he would not call Parliament into session until September, so that noisy debates would not worsen the crisis. Opposition leaders might grumble, but they knew that the country was in no mood for more electioneering. Besides, at the moment other politicians were content to have Diefenbaker stuck with the crisis...