PAGE TWO Gaitskell Dies of Virus LONDON (/I*)— Hugh Gaitskell, leader of the Labor party and po tentially the next prime minister, died last night after two weeks illness with a mystery virus. He was 56. His death threw the leadership of the principal opposition party into confusion at a time it ap peared to be making gains against Prime Minister Harold Macmil lan’s Conservatives. The net ef fect may be to help the Macmil lan party in the next national election, to be held this year or next. He more than any other single figure brought n semblance of unity to the party in the last dec ade's bitter divisions over how Britain should prepare its mili tary defenses. Within two years after he en tered Parliament Gaitskell was minister of fuel and power. In 1950, at the age of 44, he succeeded Sir Stafford Cripps as chancellor of the exchequer—equi valent to the U.S. secretary of the Treasury. After the Conservatives won power again, Gaitskell won over rival claimants to become Labor parly leader in 1955, Three candidates are in view as Gailskell’s likely successor. They are George Brown, 48, the party’s deputy leader and defense spokesman; Harold Wilson, 46, the party’s expert on foreign affairs, and James Callaghan, 50, expert on fiscal policies. Wilson has the support of the parly’s left wing. Brown is sup- Kennedy Mourns Gaitskell WASHINGTON {/!’)—President Kennedy, mourning the death of Hugh Gaitskell, leader of the British Labor party, said yester day, “Freedom loses a gallant champion,” Kennedy, in a statement, said Gailskcll’s “strength of character, force of intelligence and generosi ty of purpose made him one of the foremost figures in the Western community.” NOW at 1:30-4:00-6:40-9:10 LET ME \ . > ENTERTAIN YOU | f »aMc«ooo ||f ns ijvpov rooc teo Tho < Out tho hH''-; • ' “\r bust n ora Ooooooooooooooooqoo sanan 0000000 ooooaoo 00000 in Technicolor - Technirama SUN. 2:00-4:20-6:40-9:05 L Today 1:30-3:40-5:50-7:00-9:10 | "The Interns" | ★ SUN. & MON. * Continuous SUNDAY-from 2 p.rc. Nevr Heights of Horror in Mi’ti , ~ Operetta TUESDAY — “ Bittersweet” THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. UNIVERSITY PARK. PENNSYLVANIA ported by the trades union mem bership of the parliamentary La bor party. Callaghan’s best chanc es may come as a compromise can didate between the other two. Death came swiftly. Early last month, he was filling a round of engagements apparent ly in full health and vigor. He spent a few days in a hospital be fore Christmas suffering from in fluenza. Court Sessions Begin For PTC Settlement PHILADELPHIA </P)—'The city of Philadelphia went to court yes terday to seek immediate end of a four-day crippling transit strike. It asked appointment of a re ceiver to take over the Philadel phia Transportation Co.’ and sign a temporary agreement with the strikers. The city said this would get the trolleys, buses and subway-ele vated trains running again. The legal action, pressed by Mayor James H. J. Tate and two councilmen, had one unexpected result: It halted negotiations be tween the Philadelphia Transpor tation Co. and the Transport Workers Union, ALF-CIO, repre senting its 5,600 striking operating and maintenance employes. PTC President Robert H. Stier, who has coupled any settlement with approval of higher fares, said he wasn’t sure now whether he can represent the company at the bargaining table. He said he must first check his legal position. James L. Stern, deputy city so licitor, asked Common Pleas Court to appoint a receiver to take over the giant PTC system. The re ceiver, said the suit, would nego tiate a temporary agreement per mitting the strikers to return to their jobs pending final settle ment of the contract dispute be- He came out and went home. Then on medical advice he can celed a New Year’s visit to Mos cow for talks with Premier Khrushchev. A few days later, he was back in Middlesex Hospital. He had developed a virus infec tion of the membranes surround ing his heart and lungs.' He had pleurisy and pericarditis. There were later complications. The in fection spread to his kidneys. tween management and labor. The suit stated that Philadelphia owns transit property worth some $2OO million, which it leases to PTC, and contended this property is threatened with “irreparable harm" if the strike continues. The walkout has forced 500,000 daily riders to find alternate modes of travel. Communists Argue BERLIN (IP) Two world Communist - camps tore into each other yesterday in a knock-down word battle bound to vviden the gaping hole in the international movement’s ranks. Red China’s delegate scorned Soviet'Premier Khrushchev’s ad vice to soft-pedal the- Moscow- Peking dispute, assailed him anew and ran into a noisy storm of abuse and jeering at a meet ing of Communist leaders in East Berlin. Khrushchev himself traded snubs with the Red Chinese. While Chinese'Delegate Wu Shiu- Chuan was speaking,. Khrushchev was conspicuously absent on a visit to an East Berlin television factory. When Khrushchev returned for the. afternoon meeting the Red Chinese chief delegate was ab sent. Zeta Beta Tau Delta Delta Upsilon featuring Music starts at 9:30 Southern Governor Urges Negro Rights CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) North Carolina Gov. Terry San ford urged yesterday equal em ployment of Negroes and thus apparently became the first South ern governor to take this, stand. “The time has come for Ameri can citizens to give up this re luctance (to hire Negroes), to quit unfair discrimination, and to give the Negro a full chance to earn a decefit living for his family and to contribute to higher standards for himself and all men,” San ford said. AT THE same time, Sanford, a Democrat • who-, was one of the first to throw his weight behind President Kennedy who_was then seeking the presidential nomina tion at Los Angeles in 1959, an nounced the formation of a 24- member North Carolina Good Neighbor Council. He said the council is one of five steps the state is taking to ward' equal employmeftt for Ne groes. He said the purpose of the council is to encourage employ ment of qualified people, without regard to race, and to urge young people to become better trained for employment. Speaking to the North Carolina Press Association meeting here, Sanford said the time has come for U.S. citizens to abandon their reluctance to accept the Negro in employment. AS ONE of the five steps the state is taking, Sanford said he has asked state officials to formu late policies that will not exclude Negroes from state employment. Negroes now do not hold any state jobs of importance in North Caro lina. “Despite great progress,” San ford added, “the Negro’s oppor tunity to obtain a good job has not, been achieved in'* most places extends congratulations to Kappa Kappa Gamma Pi Beta Phi sororities and welc6me them to a Jammy Tonight Brooks O'dell and the Majesties Upsilon SATURDAY. JANUARY 1.9, 1963 across the country. Reluctance to accept the Negro in employment is the greatest single bloclc to his continued progress and to the full use of the human potential of the nation and its states.” Justice Dept. Issues Request For Integration WASHINGTON (JP) The Jus tice Department asked courts in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisi ana yesterday to order the racial integration of schools -which re ceive federal funds because of pupil enrollments swollen by fed eral employees' children. The suits contend segregation of the children of servicemen and other federal workers in these areas violates the 14th Amend ment to. the Constitution and harms the morale of servicemen and the civilian workers. If the suits are successful, South Carolina would be the only state remaining with no inte- x grated elementary public schools. The suits are similar to one filed last Sept. 14’ in Prince George County, Ya., which .Virginia is fighting in the courts. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy said the government has a direct interest in seeking an end to “unconstitutional school segregation in the- areas because government employees and mon ey are involved.” But he added: “We are not say-' ing to the school districts, ‘De segregate. or the government will take its money away..”. There was no immediate com ment from _ any of the- city and county officials named in the suit. Sorry—We're closed -
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