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A MOVE to stop Mr. Gaitskell from
nominating any more Labour life Peers
is to be made at a meeting of Labour
M Ps tomorrow. Mr. Michael Foot has
put down a resolution on the subject
and he is to be backed by Mr. Will
Griffiths, M P for Manchester Exchange. | |
A MOVE to stop Mr. Gaitskell from nominating
any more Labour life Peers is to be made at a
meeting of Labour 0M Ps tomorrow. Mr. Michael
Foot has put down a resolution on the subject
and he is to be backed by Mr. Will Griffiths,
0M P for Manchester Exchange. | |
Though they may gather some Left-wing support, a
large majority of Labour M Ps are likely to
turn down the Foot-Griffiths resolution Mr.
Foot's line will be that as Labour M Ps
opposed the Government Bill which brought
life peers into existence, they should not
now put forward nominees. He believes
that the House of Lo... | |
Though they may gather some Left-wing
support, a large majority of Labour
M Ps are likely to turn down the Foot-
Griffiths resolution. Mr. Foot's line will
be that as Labour M Ps opposed the
Government Bill which brought life peers
into existence, they should not now put
forward nominees. He believes that the
House of ... | |
Though they may gather some Left-wing support, a
large majority of Labour 0M Ps are likely to turn
down the Foot-Griffiths resolution. Mr. Foot's line
will be that as Labour 0M Ps opposed the Govern-
ment Bill which brought life peers into existence, they
should not now put forward nominees. He believes
that the House ... | |
Since 1958 13 Labour life Peers and
Peresses have been created. Most Labour
sentiment would # still favour the abolition
of the House of Lords, but while it remains
Labour has to have an adequate number of
members. THE two rival African Nationalist
Parties of Northern Rhodesia have agreed to
get together to face the ch... | |
Since 1958, 13 Labour life Peers and
Peeresses have been created. Most Labour
sentiment would still favour the abolition
of the House of Lords, but while it remains
Labour has to have an adequate number
of members. THE two rival African
Nationalist Parties of Northern Rhodesia
have agreed to get together to face
the ch... | |
Since 1958, 13 Labour life Peers and #
Peeresses have been created. Most Labour sentiment
would still favour the abolition of the House
of Lords, but while it remains Labour has to
have an adequate number of members. THE
two rival African Nationalist Parties of Northern
Rhodesia have agreed to get together to face the
... | |
Delegates from Mr. Kenneth Kaunda's United National Independence
Party (280,000 members) and Mr. Harry Nkumbula's African
National Congress (400,000) will meet in London today
to discuss a common course of action. Sir Roy is
violently opposed to Africans getting an elected majority
in Northern Rhodesia, but the Colonia... | |
Delegates from Mr. Kenneth Kaunda's
United National Independence Party
( 280,000 members ) and Mr. Harry Nkumbula's
African National Congress ( 400,000 ) will
meet in London today to discuss a common
course of action. Sir Roy is violently
opposed to Africans getting an elected
majority in Northern Rhodesia, but the
Col... | |
Delegates from Mr. Kenneth Kaunda's United
National Independence Party ( 280,000 members)
and Mr. Harry Nkumbula's African National
Congress ( 400,000) will meet in London today
to discuss a common course of action.
Sir Roy is violently opposed to Africans
getting an elected majority in Northern
Rhodesia, but the Colon... | |
Sir Roy's United Federal Party is boycotting
the London talks on the Protectorate's
future. Said Mr. Nkumbula last night:
" We want to discuss what to do if the
British Government gives in to Sir Roy and
the talks fall through. There are bound
to be demonstrations". Yesterday Sir Roy's
chief aide, Mr. Julius Greenfield... | |
Sir Roy's United Federal Party is
boycotting the London talks on the
Protectorate's future. Said Mr. Nkumbula
last night:" We want to discuss what to
do if the British demonstrations."
Yesterday Sir Roy's chief aide, Mr.
Julius Greenfield, telephoned his chief
a report on his talks with Mr. Macmillan
at Chequers. | |
Sir Roy's United Federal Party is boycotting
the London talks on the Protectorate's
future. Said Mr. Nkumbula last night:
" We want to discuss what to do if the
British Government gives in to Sir Roy
and the talks fall through. There are bound
to be demonstrations." Yesterday Sir Roy's
chief aide, Mr. Julius Greenfield... | |
Mr. Macleod went on with the conference at
Lancaster House despite the crisis which had
blown up. He has now revealed his full plans
to the Africans and Liberals attending. These
plans do not give the Africans the overall
majority they are seeking. African delegates
are studying them today. The conference
will meet to ... | |
Mr. Macleod went on with the conference
at Lancaster House despite the crisis
which had blown up. He has now revealed
his full plans to the Africans and Liberals
attending. These plans do not give the
Africans the overall majority they are
seeking. African delegates are studying
them today. The conference will meet
to ... | |
Mr. Macleod went on with the conference at
Lancaster House despite the crisis which had
blown up. He has now revealed his full plans
to the Africans and Liberals attending. These
plans do not give the Africans the overall majo-
rity they are seeking. African delegates are
studying them today. The conference will meet
t... | |
MR. IAIN MACLEOD, the Colonial Secretary, denied
in the Commons last night that there have been
secret negotiations on Northern Rhodesia's future.
The Northern Rhodesia conference in London has
been boycotted by the two main settlers' parties -
the United Federal Party and the Dominion Party.
But representatives of Sir... | |
MR. IAIN MACLEOD, the Colonial Secretary,
denied in the Commons last night that
there have been secret negotiations on
Northern Rhodesia's future. The Northern
Rhodesia conference in London has been
boycotted by the two main settlers' parties -
the United Federal Party and the Dominion
Party. But representatives of Sir... | |
Mr. Iain Macleod, the Colonial Secretary, denied
in the Commons last night that there have
been secret negotiations on the Northern Rhodesia's
future. The Northern Rhodesia conference in
London has been boycotted by the two main
settlers' parties - the United Federal Party
and the Dominion Party. But representatives
of... | |
Northern Rhodesia is a member of the Federation.
Mr. Macleod was not at the week-end meeting. But he told
M Ps yesterday:" I have no knowledge of secret negotiations."
He said Britain had an obligation to consult the Federal
Government. But the final decision remained with the British
Government. Mr. James Callaghan, L... | |
Northern Rhodesia is a member of the Federation.
Mr. Macleod was not at the week-end
meeting. But he told M Ps yesterday:" I
have no knowledge of secret negotiations."
He said Britain had an obligation to consult
the Federal Government. But the final
decision remained with the British Government.
Mr. James Callaghan, L... | |
Northern Rhodesia is a member of the Fede-
ration. Mr. Macleod was not at the week-end
meeting. But he told 0M Ps yesterday:" I
have no knowledge of secret negotiations." He
said Britain had an obligation to consult
the Federal Government. Mr. James Callaghan,
Labour's Colonial spokesman, said Sir Roy had
no right to d... | |
Mr. Macleod thought the two Rhodesian
parties had refused to attend the talks
because Sir Roy had found messages
sent from the Government were" unsatisfac-
tory". African delegates to the talks yester-
day called on Mr. Macmillan to cease his
negotiations with Sir Roy's representative,
Mr. Julius Greenfield. He was at ... | |
Mr. Macleod thought the two Rhodesian parties
had refused to attend the talks because Sir Roy
had found messages sent from the Government were
"unsatisfactory". African delegates to the talks yesterday
called on Mr. Macmillan to cease his negotiations with
Sir Roy's representative, Mr. Julius Greenfield. He was
at Cheq... | |
Informal talks at Lancaster House will
resume today. President Kennedy today
defended the appointment of a Negro as
his Housing Minister. It has aroused
strong opposition from the anti-Negro
senators of the Deep South. The negro
is Mr. Robert Weaver of New York. One
of his tasks will be to see there is no
racial discri... | |
Informal talks at Lancaster House will
resume today. PRESIDENT KENNEDY today
defended the appointment of a Negro as
his Housing Minister. It has aroused strong
opposition from the anti-Negro senators of the
Deep South. The negro is Mr. Robert #
Weaver of New York. One of his tasks will
be to see there is no racial disc... | |
Informal talks at Lancaster House will resume
today. PRESIDENT KENNEDY today defended
the appointment of a Negro as his Housing Minister.
It has aroused strong opposition from the anti-Negro
senators of the Deep South. The negro is Mr.
Robert Weaver of New York. One of his tasks
will be to see there is no racial discri... | |
Senator Allen Ellender of Louisiana sparked
off the opposition by telling a television
audience it was" current Washington gossip"
that Weaver once had Communist affiliations.
The Senate Banking Committee, which is headed
by another Southern Senator - Willis Robertson,
of Virginia - met today in closed session
to discu... | |
Senator Allen Ellender, of Louisiana,
sparked off the opposition by telling a
television audience it was" current
Washington gossip" that Weaver once had
Communist affiliations. The Senate Banking
Committee, which is headed by another
Southern Senator - Willis Robertson, of
Virginia - met today in closed session to
dis... | |
Senator Allen Ellender, of Louisiana,
sparked off the opposition by telling a
television audience it was" current Washington
gossip" that Weaver once had Communist affilia-
tions. The Senate Banking Committee, which
is headed by another Southern Senator -
Willis Robertson, of Virginia - met today in
closed session to d... | |
He said these concerned Mr. Weaver's
alleged association with organisations black-
listed by the Government. Immediately
Mr. Kennedy rushed a letter to Senator
Robertson saying the Federal Bureau of In-
vestigation had reported on Mr. Weaver.
He believed he would perform"outstanding
service" in his post. Senator Robert... | |
He said these concerned Mr. Weaver's
alleged association with organisations black-
listed by the Government. Immediately Mr.
Kennedy rushed a letter to Senator Robertson
saying the Federal Bureau of Investigation had
reported on Mr. Weaver. He believed
he would perform" outstanding service"
in his post. Senator Roberts... | |
He said these concerned Mr. Weaver's alleged
association with organisations black-listed by the
Government. Immediately Mr. Kennedy rushed a letter
to Senator Robertson saying the Federal Bureau
of Investigation had reported on Mr. Weaver.
He believed he would perform" outstanding
service" in his post. Senator Robertso... | |
PRESIDENT KENNEDY is ready to get tough
over West Germany's cash offer to help
America's balance of payments position.
He said bluntly in Washington yester-
day that the offer - 357million - was
not good enough. And he indicated
that his Government would try to get
Germany to pay more. He did not
mention personal talks... | |
PRESIDENT KENNEDY is ready to get tough
over West Germany's cash offer to help
America's balance of payments position. He
said bluntly in Washington yesterday that
the offer - 357million - was not good enough.
And he indicated that his Government
would try to get Germany to pay more. He
did not mention personal talks w... | |
PRESIDENT KENNEDY is ready to get
tough over West Germany's cash offer to
help America's balance of payments position
He said bluntly in Washington yesterday
that the offer - 357million - was not good
enough. And he indicated that his
Government would try to get Germany to
pay more. He did not mention personal
talks wi... | |
But he said discussions" on a higher
level than in the past" might be
useful The President will probably
discuss the problem with Dr. Brentano,
the West German Foreign Minister, who is
due in Washington next week. A big
slice of Germany's"aid" # is the early
payment of a 210million debt to America.
United States offici... | |
But he said discussions" on a higher
level than in the past" might be useful.
The President will probably discuss the
problem with Dr. Brentano, the West German
Foreign Minister, who is due in Washington
next week. A big slice of Germany's" aid"
is the early payment of a 210million
debt to America. United States offici... | |
But he said discussions" on a higher
level than in the past" might be useful.
The President will probably discuss the
problem with Dr. Brentano, the West
German Foreign Minister, who is due in
Washington next week. A big slice of
Germany's" aid" is the early payment
of a 210million debt to America. United
States offici... | |
And they are unimpressed by the Germans' claim
that they cannot pay more than 357million
without upsetting their own economy. The
Americans say Germany is having it too
good and is not paying for the past
or for the present. The Adenauer Government
flatly rejected attempts by the Eisenhower
Government to get them to pa... | |
These support costs are a big drain on
America's dollar reserves. Dr. Adenauer's
answer is the once-and-for-all cash
offer of 357million. President Kennedy's
rejection of it is a painful blow to the
West German Government. It will now have
to pay more - and increase taxation to do
so - or run the obvious # risks in ups... | |
These support costs are a big drain on America's
dollar reserves. Dr. Adenauer's answer is the
once-and-for-all cash offer of 357million. President
Kennedy's rejection of it is a painful blow to the
West German Government. It will now have to pay
more - and increase taxation to do so - or
run the obvious risks in upset... | |
And, since this is election year in West
Germany, Dr. Adenauer is in a tough
spot. Joyce Egginton cables: President
Kennedy at his Washington Press con-
ference admitted he did not know
whether America was lagging behind
Russia in missile power. He said he
was waiting for his senior military
aides to come up with the a... | |
And, since this is election year in West
Germany, Dr. Adenauer is in a tough spot.
Joyce Egginton cables: President Kennedy
at his Washington Press conference admitted
he did not know whether America was
lagging behind Russia in missile power.
He said he was waiting for his senior
military aides to come up with the ans... | |
This surprising statement was a sharp about-
face from his warnings during the
Presidential election campaign. He claimed
slackness in the Eisenhower Administration
had caused America to lag behind Russia
in nuclear development. President Kennedy
did his best to avoid giving Pressmen
a direct answer. George Brown
CHILD... | |
Mr. Brown, passionate and warm-hearted, led
Labour's attack on the higher health
charges. Mr. Powell, white-faced and outwardly
unemotional, replied with a statistical state-
ment - and ended by inciting Labour M Ps
to angry uproar. One dealt with the human
issue behind the Health Service ; the other
tried to show that... | |
Mr. Brown, passionate and warm-hearted,
led Labour's attack on the higher health
charges. Mr. Powell, white-faced and
outwardly unemotional, replied with a
statistical statement - and ended by inciting
Labour M Ps to angry uproar. One dealt
with the human issue behind the Health
Service ; the other tried to show that t... | |
The result of the vote was not in
doubt. For the Tories were massed
in answer to their whips to defeat a
censure motion on the Government for
" undermining the Health Service" and
placing heavy burdens on those least
able to bear them. Mr. Brown
declared that the policy under censure
was monstrous. It had offended many... | |
The result of the vote was not in doubt.
For the Tories were massed in answer to
their whips to defeat a censure motion
on the Government for" undermining the
Health Service" and placing heavy burdens
on those least able to bear them. Mr.
Brown declared that the policy under
censure was monstrous. It had offended
many ... | |
The Press, many doctors and public were
denouncing the proposals. He quoted from
this letter which Mr. Gaitskell had received:
" My background is a doctor of 68, who
has practised medicine for 43 years, chiefly
as a panel doctor." I am a lifelong
Conservative. I am horrified and amazed
by my party's proposal to prostit... | |
" After a lifetime of helping others and
healing the sick, my considered
opinion is that anybody supporting
the increased charges is a wicked,
old -." Mr. Brown went on:" We
are dealing with a noble edifice which
needs an imaginative architect to
improve it, but it has got a
quantity surveyor. We have descended
from th... | |
" After a lifetime of helping others and
healing the sick, my considered opinion is that
anybody supporting the increased charges is a
wicked, old -." Mr. Brown went on:" We
are dealing with a noble edifice which
needs an imaginative architect to improve
it, but it has got a quantity surveyor. We
have descended from th... | |
We believe that a comprehensive medical service, free to the patient
at the point of need and with one standard for all sick
people, is good and attainable." We remain for it. But the Tories
never were." Interrupted by angry Tories, Mr. Brown retorted:
" The jackals bay when there is nothing better they can do." | |
" We believe that a comprehensive medical
service, free to the patient at the point
of need and with one standard for all
sick people, is good and attainable.
" We remain for it. But the Tories
never were." Interrupted by angry Tories,
Mr. Brown retorted:" The jackals bay
when there is nothing better they can do." | |
He told them that their conception of social services was wholly
different - fundamentally different from that of Labour. They
would provide an ambulance service for the absolutely
wretched - but it would not be too comfortable nor too easy to
get. Answering jeers that it was Labour which first put a
ceiling on health ... | |
He told them that their conception of social
services was wholly different - fundamentally
different from that of Labour. They would
provide an ambulance service for the absolutely
wretched - but it would not be too comfortable
nor too easy to get. Answering jeers that
it was Labour which first put a ceiling
on health ... | |
In fact, the Tories made it worse now for the sick and
needy than Labour had to make it in 1950. And
as a percentage of social service expenditure,
health had fallen from 28.5 to 23.1 per cent.
Then Mr. Brown swung his attack directly to the
unsmiling Mr. Powell. He demanded that instead
of taking it out of the patient... | |
In fact, the Tories made it worse now
for the sick and needy than Labour had
to make it in 1950. And as a percentage
of social service expenditure, health had
fallen from 28.5 to 23.1 per cent. Then
Mr. Brown swung his attack directly to
the unsmiling Mr. Powell. He demanded
that instead of taking it out of the
patient... | |
" Mr. Powell finds it easier to take it out of mothers,
children and sick people than to take on this vast
industry," Mr. Brown commented icily." Let us have a
full inquiry into the cost of drugs and the pharmaceutical
industry." The health of children today owed much
to the welfare food scheme. It was maintained
durin... | |
" Mr. Powell finds it easier to take it out
of mothers, children and sick people than
to take on this vast industry," Mr.
Brown commented icily." Let us have a
full inquiry into the cost of drugs and
the pharmaceutical industry." The health
of children today owed much to the welfare
food scheme. It was maintained durin... | |
When Mr. Brown sat down Labour M Ps cheered for
a full minute - and even his bitterest opponents
on defence joined in. Mr. Powell devoted half his speech
to giving details of plans for improving the hospital service,
on which indeed the Government is making progress.
His basic defence of the Health Service cuts was tha... | |
When Mr. Brown sat down Labour M Ps
cheered for a full minute - and even his
bitterest opponents on defence joined in.
Mr. Powell devoted half his speech to giving
details of plans for improving the hospital
service, on which indeed the Government is
making progress. His basic defence of the
Health Service cuts was tha... | |
" That cannot continue without either
development being limited or an
adjustment being made in financing."
The Government decided to adjust
the financing - which Mr. Powell
claimed was underpinning - not
undermining - the service. Answering the
attack on" economic charges" for welfare
foods, Mr. Powell said that all th... | |
" That cannot continue without either development
being limited or an adjustment being made
in financing." The Government decided to
adjust the financing - which Mr. Powell
claimed was underpinning - not undermining -
the service. Answering the attack on
" economic charges" for welfare foods, Mr.
Powell said that all t... | |
" That cannot continue without either development
being limited or an adjustment being made
in financing." The Government decided to adjust
the financing - which Mr. Powell claimed was
underpinning - not undermining - the service.
Answering the attack on" economic charges"
for welfare, Mr. Powell said that all these
fo... | |
MR. Macmillan has picked a strong" brains trust"
team to negotiate terms for joining the Common Market.
And he has abandoned plans to visit President de
Gaulle this month to smooth the way. General
de Gaulle's official welcome last week
to Britain's moves towards the Six was
taken as a friendly gesture in Whitehall,
bu... | |
So the idea of personal mission by
the Prime Minister to Paris was dropped
Instead Mr. Macmillan will rely on a
hand-picked team under the leadership of
Sir Pierson Dixon, Britain's Ambassador to
France, to back Mr. Edward Heath, Lord
Privy Seal, who is charged with the conduct
of negotiations with the Six. At the same... | |
Seven Commonwealth countries have told Mr. Sandys,
Commonwealth Relations Secretary, that they wish to be kept
in touch in London. Three of them - Canada, Australia,
New Zealand - will have strong delegations at an opening
meeting in London on Monday. Once the Common
Market's Council of Ministers draws up the procedure... | |
The team is composed of experienced
negotiators in several fields. Sir Pier-
son Dixon has a wide reputation as
a skilful backstage negotiator since
his days as Britain's chief UN dele-
gate. Second in command is Mr.
Eric Roll, 53-years-old Deputy Secre-
tary at the Ministry of Agriculture,
Food, and Fisheries. The For... | |
Other leading members are: Sir Henry Lintott from
the Commonwealth Relations Office, Sir William
Corell-Barnes ( Colonial Office ), Mr. G. R. Bell
( Treasury ), and Mr. G. H. Andrew ( Board of Trade ).
They will accompany Mr. Heath next month when
he goes to Brussels, headquarters of the Common
Market Commission, or wh... | |
Some of the problems were reviewed yesterday at a
meeting in Paris between M. Couve de Murville, French
Foreign Minister, and Mr. Heath. MR. Selwyn Lloyd -
a man with troubles enough back home - seems
fated to fly into trouble abroad. Last year it was
the riots in Istanbul, which enlivened the NATO
Council meeting. | |
Now we have the strikes and demonstrations in
Ghana coinciding with the meeting of the Com-
monwealth Economic Consultative Council - the
first to be held in Africa. Only a few hours af-
ter Mr Lloyd and his 24-strong delegation landed
at Accra this morning, hundreds of shop assistants
demonstrated outside the British-... | |
The stores had been hit by the same strike wave
that has paralysed the port of Takoradi for the past
week. Root of the discontent: The austerity Budget,
including a compulsory savings scheme which the
Ghana Government introduced in July. Ghana's strong
man is not here to face the storm. President Nkrumah,
having made h... | |
But in his absence his chief lieutenants have
not let him down. The strong arm of authority has
been raised against the strikers and is now beginning
to tell. Today's Ghanaian Times ( motto:" The welfare
of the people is the supreme law" ) reports:" The
Government has been urged to take immediate ac-
tion to deal ruthl... | |
The urge came from a conference of activists of
Nkrumah's Convention Party" after powerful addresses
by Comrades Krobo Edusei, Tawia Adamafio," and
others. Strong deeds followed strong words. In Takoradi
a"limited state of emergency" was declared, giving
the Government adequate power to maintain all
essential services ... | |
And up to ten years' imprisonment can be imposed
on anyone convicted of sabotage. These stern measures
had the desired effect today at Kumasi where the
strikers gave in, but Takoradi, the chief storm centre,
they still holding out despite the presence of 1,400
police and 16 armoured cars. And how did the
Government rea... | |
At 9.40 Mr. Edusei, Minister of Transport and pro-
bably the toughest man in Mr. Nkrumah's team,
drove up to the Kingsway Stores and faced the
demonstrators, most of them shopgirls in overalls.
" If you have not dispersed by ten o'clock," he
told them,' the police will act.' At five to ten
a posse of police arrived and... | |
If the threatened" counter-revolution" was not* to bring
the President back from his travels it might have been
thought that the muster from the 13 States of the
Commonwealth was an occasion worthy of his presence.
After all it was Mr. Nkrumah who suggested that this
year the Economic Consultative Council should meet
i... | |
It has been left, however, to Mr. Goka, Ghana's Finance
Minister, to do the honours as host, in which capacity
he held a reception tonight in Accra's Ambassador
Hotel. POLICE, on direct orders from the Cabinet, are
openly intimidating members of Earl Russell's nuclear-
disarming Committee of 100, the Committee claimed
... | |
It alleged: Phones were being tapped and
going out of action ; Police were visiting
people" on no pretext whatsoever, except
to pass the time of day" ; Supporters had
been warned - one that his connection
with the committee was going too far; another
that anti-apartheid agitation was
all right, but support for the comm... | |
A third man's house was watched for four days
by plain-clothes men. Committee-member Mr. George
Clark commented at a Press conference:" The
most extraordinary things are happening." Fifty
committee members will appear at Bow-street
today, including Lord Russell, Lady Russell,
Lord Boyd-Orr, the Rev. Michael Scott, and
... | |
They are required to show why they
should not be bound over for disturbing
the peace and for inciting a breach
of the peace. The summonses say they
are"likely to persevere in such unlawful
conduct." Lord Russell, 89, was
putting his affairs in order, and
packing a case, at his Chelsea home
yesterday. His secretary, Ame... | |
" He is not going to agree to be bound over. That will
probably mean jail and, though frail, he is very fit and
will take the rigours of prison in his stride. He
hopes to be allowed to do some writing." Back at
the Press conference, Mr. Clark said two committee
members tried a" plant" call on suspect phone. They
discus... | |
Sir Roy Welensky said today that he no
longer accepted the good faith of Mr. Kenneth
Kaunda. Sir Roy, Federal Rhodesian Prime Minister,
said that Mr. Kaunda's United National Independence
Party was a monster as vicious as the Zambia
National Congress, which was led by Mr. Kaunda
until he was outlawed in 1959. The recor... | |
He cited cases in which hundreds of UNIP supporters
had been arrested or convicted since last year on
charges of creating disturbances. During the first
three weeks of the present trouble 287 incidents
had been reported in Northern Rhodesia. More
than 500 people - 167 of them members of
the UNIP - were convicted last m... | |
" Against this background must be taken Mr.
Kaunda's repeated statements that all he is
doing is in the name of non-violence," said
Sir Roy." I am now compelled to say that
I don't accept his good faith." He said
Mr. Kaunda must know that his statements
had stimulated violence, but he had done
nothing to stop it. | |
" It is true he made a point of again being absent
from Northern Rhodesia when his followers have
indulged in such violence." But Sir Roy pointed out
that a few months ago Mr. Kaunda said that
if UNIP did not get its way what would happen
would make the Mau Mau in Kenya" seem like a
child's picnic". | |
JOHN DICKIE writes: Mr. Macmillan gave top
priority to the clash over Northern Rhodesia on his
return from Scotland yesterday. He summoned Mr.
Iain Macleod, Colonial Secretary, and Mr. Duncan Sandys,
Commonwealth Relations Secretary for an hour's talks
at Admiralty House. A statement is expected today
to hold the door ... | |
Its terms have set the Prime Minister an exacting
problem. Mr. Sandys has warned of the risk of a
strong reaction from Sir Roy Welensky to any
suggestion that there may be fresh concessions to the
African nationalists. Mr. Macleod has ample evidence
from talks with Sir John Moffat, Northern Rhodesian
Liberal leader, an... | |
A ROYAL welcome for the Kabaka of
Buganda ( King Freddie ) from Princess
Elizabeth Bagaya of Toro, kneeling at the
foot of his airliner's steps at London Airport
yesterday. Forty other Africans greeted him,
kneeling with heads bowed. The princess,
aged 24, is now studying history at Cambri-
dge, where she is a friend o... | |
King Freddie and three other hereditary rulers of
native kingdoms in Uganda arrived for talks with
Colonial Secretary Mr. Iain Macleod, before the
Uganda Constitutional conference opens next Monday.
The question: Their status in an independent Uganda.
The thorniest problem for next week's conference is
to settle the re... | |
Instead, the kings will remain in London
and wait to hear the conference's proposals.
Then their views will be transmitted back.
MR. BUTLER, the Home Secretary, has decided
to meet head-on the biggest challenge to
Government authority yet presented by the
" Ban-the-Bomb" demonstrators. Police leave
has been cancelled a... | |
It was Mr. Butler who authorised action which
ended yesterday in 32 members of the
Committee of 100 being imprisoned for inciting
a breach of the peace. The committee's
president 89-year-old Earl Russell and
his 61-year-old wife were each jailed for
a week. Playwrights Arnold Wesker ( The Kitchen)
and Robert Bolt ( The... | |
The possibility that the Government might
invoke the Public Order Act, 1936, and
declare the whole rally illegal - whether
the demonstrators sit down or not - was
being discussed in Whitehall last night.
It was last used a year ago, to deal
with the St. Pancras rent riots. Today
Mr. Butler will have talks with Police
C... | |
Measures agreed so far include: 1. A mass
call-out of police, special constables
and reserves, with 750 policemen posted
from outlying districts to stations in
the area - West End Central, Bow-street,
and Cannon-row. | |
Today, for example, the Foreign Minister of Indo-
nesia arrived in Belgrade as the guest of the Yugoslav
Foreign Minister. In fact such Yugoslav activity has
been # particularly intensified in the past year
or so and though so far, apart from joint action
in the United Nations, these exchanges have not
been seen on any... | |
The wish was particularly apparent in comments
on the occasion of the conference in Casablanca and,
in particular, in Yugoslav approval of the idea of an
inter-African consultative assembly which would
coordinate activity on the political and economic
sphere; and it is not difficult to see that President
Tito would lik... | |
But he now feels, in view of a changed international
situation and especially in view of fresh problems facing
the new and independent countries of Africa, that the
time is ripe to have more frequent consultations between
the uncommitted countries and even to work out common
stands on various problems facing those nati... | |
Two emissaries from the Laotian Government
of Prince Boun Oum have arrived in
Phnom Penh, Cambodia, to invite Prince
Souvanna Phouma, the former Prime Min-
ister, to return to Laos. No details of
their mission have been disclosed, but it
was reported earlier in Laos that Prince
Boun Oum was considering asking
Prince So... |
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IAM Page-Level Handwriting (Cropped)
This dataset is a derived version of the IAM Handwriting Database. It is not original data. All handwriting images and text belong to the original IAM database; this repo only re-packages them in a page-level format.
Original data source
- IAM Handwriting Database (University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, Fribourg): https://fki.tic.heia-fr.ch/databases/iam-handwriting-database
What was changed
- Each scanned IAM form page was cropped to keep only the handwritten area. The printed header, the printed text box and the "Name:" line were removed.
- For each page, the line-level transcriptions were joined into one text (one line of text per handwritten line).
- Each image was paired with its text by the original file name (for example
a01-000u).
No other edits were made to the handwriting or the text.
Dataset structure
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
image |
Cropped handwriting area of one form page |
text |
Transcription of that page (lines joined with newlines) |
- Number of rows: 1,539 (one per form page)
- Language: English
Usage
from datasets import load_dataset
ds = load_dataset("radhakrishnadeshpande/iam-pagelevel", split="train")
print(ds[0]["text"])
ds[0]["image"].show()
License and terms of use
The IAM database is freely available for non-commercial research purposes only. Users should register with the original authors and follow the terms on the official IAM page above. This repo does not change or extend those terms.
Citation
If you use this dataset, please cite the original IAM paper:
@article{marti2002iam,
title = {The {IAM}-database: An {English} Sentence Database for Offline Handwriting Recognition},
author = {Marti, U.-V. and Bunke, H.},
journal = {International Journal on Document Analysis and Recognition},
volume = {5},
number = {1},
pages = {39--46},
year = {2002},
doi = {10.1007/s100320200071}
}
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