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The article presents news briefs for the week of March 27, 1965. Particular attention is given to the domestic and foreign policies of the U.S. Article topics include the Negro protest movement in the U.S., the social policies of U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson, the political activity of students at the University of California, the congressional elections in Argentina, and the political contributions of David Ormsby Gore, the British ambassador to the U.S.

Discusses disadvantages of a parliamentary government in the U.S. View that Balance of power between the legislative and the executive bodies; Statement that according to the nature of American political tradition, the parliamentary system is an unrealistic alternative; Threat of no-confidence vote in a parliamentary system; Argument that if the President is given the power to dissolve the government, it would lead to the weakening of executive and legislative bodies; Possibility of misuse of the President's executive power by the threat of new elections to keep rebellious legislators in line; Statement that the illusion of the parliamentarists is that Parliament controls the executive; Criticism of each other's political system by the U.S. and Great Britain; View that as Parliament may look better from the United States, so the Congress may look better from England.

Opposes Conservative Party leader John Enoch Powell's racist analysis of immigration and immigrants in Great Britain expressed in his speech in Birmingham, England on April 20, 1968. Refutation of Powell's assertion on race discrimination; Public support to Powell's race prejudice; Comparison of Powell's view on immigration with Conservative Party head Ted Heath; Claim that the Labour Party is assuming the position of the Conservative Party on the issue of immigration.

Presents an overview of the policy of Ted Heath, Prime Minister of Great Britain to handle developments in Northern Ireland. Salient features of his policy; Reasons for discarding old policy; Reference to the events in Ulster, Northern Ireland and Ireland; Incidents leading to a change of mind of Heath on Northern Ireland; Chances of success of the new policy.

Focuses on the political conditions in Great Britain during the Vietnam war. Preparation of a plan by which particular ministers in any future Northern Ireland government would be directly elected by their own communities; Reference to the news on the war published in various newspapers of Great Britain; Reaction of the people of Northern Ireland on the war.

Focuses on the British politics. Discussion on the anti-European fight and their current political state; Achievement of a majority vote in the British House of Commons by Edward Heath; Possible election for deputy leader of the British Labour Party; Effect of Common Market entry on British politics.

Reports on the political conditions in Great Britain as of July 10, 1971. Statement given by British politician Harold Wilson regarding the entry of Great Britain in European Economic Community; Criticism of the step taken by Wilson; Problems faced by Wilson in the Labor Party; Views of British people regarding Great Britain's entry in European Economic Community.

Focuses on the plans of Great Britain government to enter into the European Community after 10 years of vainly battering at the Common Market door. Views of electorates on the idea of Great Britain joining the Common Market; Report that from the beginning the entry has provided the nation's highly determined, pro-European Tory Prime Minister Edward Heath with his secret weapon; Involvement of political parties on this issue and stand of politician Harold Wilson related to the matter; Speculations over the fate of the Prime Minister; View that even the most ardent Marketeers in the Labour Party are not going to save him from defeat on the European issue.

Focuses on the proposed industrial relations law to be deliberated by the British Parliament as of December 1970. Features of the draft legislation advanced mainly by the conservative Tories and reception by labor unions across the country; Opposition of the Labor Party to the ratification of the bill; Chances for the bill to approved by the Parliament.

Comments on British Prime Minister Harold Wilson's announcement that he was calling a general election on June 18, 1970. Psychological advantage that Wilson is starting with; Expected reversal in the traditional roles of the two major political parties; Rival candidate Edward Heath's lack of the personal dynamism needed to foster the British appetite for upheaval and dislocation.

Focuses on Prime Minister of Great Britain, Harold Wilson, with special emphasis on political prospects of the Labor Party. Overview of the party's performance since 1966; View that the Prime Minister should spend more time for social issues in Britain and less on boasting of his government's achievements in enabling the nation to hold its head high in the world; Impact of the failure of the House of Lords reform and legal control over unofficial strikes on the standing of the Prime Minister in the nation and the party.

Comments on the Parliamentary system of government in Great Britain. Discussion on contentious legislative issue in British politics; Proposal of election reform by the U.S. Labor Party; Dominance of hereditary relationships in the government seats; Selection of 250 voting members by the Prime Minister on a party basis; Introduction of the Peerage Bill.

Comments on the British government's decision to reduce its expenses and military role in international security, notwithstanding pressure from the United States and from Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Kwan Yew. Cancellation charges on the delivery of F-111 jet fighter planes; Political reasons for the decision; Overall plan of cutting back British armed forces in Europe; Reaction of relief from the British public; Popularity of the "Britain First" and "Back Britain" notion.

Assesses the policy of the government of Great Britain against illicit drug trafficking and drug use. Overview of how the government's plan to make hard drugs available only through hospitals and hospital doctors will encourage illegal drug traffic; Logic behind the division in penalties for heroin cocaine and marijuana, and amphetamines and lysergic acid diethylamide or LSD; Need for the government to recognize the social and medical impacts of drug abuse.

Examines the mistakes committed by the Tory Party of Great Britain in electing Ted Heath as leader of the political party. Conflict among members of the party concerning Rhodesia; Implications of the decision of the party to elect a young leader on the public image of the party as opposed to its rival, the Labour Party; Failure of Heath to assert his leadership in the party; Disadvantages imposed by the election on Heath.

Questions the economic viability of Great Britain's military and political commitments abroad. Arrangement the U.S. and Great Britain on how to maintain world peace and security; Importance of Malaysia to the foreign policy objectives of Great Britain; Criticism on the British government's policy of policing the whole of Africa and Asia; Claim that Britain has interests in oil and foreign exchange in the Middle East; British investment in Malaysia; Costs of defending British investments.

Offers a look at the strategy of the Conservative Party leader Ted Heath against the British Labour government of Prime Minister Harold Wilson in 1965. Claim that Wilson changed the socialist essence of the Labour Party's constitution; Similarities shared by Heath and Wilson; Difference in philosophies espoused by the two leaders; Key factors that helped the Labour Party win at the election; Criticism of left-wing members of the Labour Party against Wilson.

Examines the link of disarmament with international politics in line with proposals of the government of Great Britain on the non-dissemination of nuclear weapons for consideration by the conference on General and Complete Disarmament which was set up by the United Nations Assembly. Value of the nuclear ban treaty to cover underground tests; Proposal of Britain to freeze the production of rockets and missile carriers; Implications of the pledge of the Soviet Union to set up an integrated nuclear force of the Warsaw pact nations.

Analyzes the performance of the British government under the leadership of Labour Party Prime Minister Harold Wilson. Speculation that Wilson might ask a mandate for all his long-term economic planning; Criticisms against the Cabinet members of Wilson; Trade crisis being faced by the administration of Wilson; Effect of the crisis on the leadership of Wilson.

Focuses on the electioneering of the prime ministerial candidates Harold Wilson and Edward Heath in the general election in Great Britain. Failure of the Labour or Liberal parties to snatch the initiative from the Tories; Statement made by Heath explaining that Labour has surrendered to the extremists and the militants; Action taken by Heath to stop the miners from suspending their strike during the election; Failure of Wilson to dictate the issues of the balance of payments crisis, the energy crisis, the Common Market and the cost of living in the election.

Comments on the political principles and deeds of Democratic Senator Henry Jackson in the U.S. with reference to current political system of the country. Attitude of Jackson toward the foreign and domestic policy of President Richard Nixon; Impetus to the support of the Jewish community to Jackson; Viability of Jackson to gain victory as a presidential contender; Comparison of the American and British political systems; Executive powers in the U.S. and Great Britain; Methods used in the British system to get rid of a collapsed leader.

Encourages trade unions to support the Labour Party's policy on restraint wage increases in a time of economic downtrend in Great Britain. Response of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) members to self-screening of wage claims; Administrative problem of coping with the demands from various labor unions; Statement from TUC secretary general George Woodcock about unions' wage increase claims; Argument used by the Labour government to convince unions to consider wage control; Claim that the British public does not approve of labor strikes.