Book Chapter

PART I. HISTORY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM: CHAPTER I. THE FIRST QUARTER

1954

Overview

Industrial unrest: electricians (pg. 2-3). miners (pg. 3). engineers (pg. 3-4). railwaymen (pg. 4). the Berlin Conference (pg. 4-7). discussion of its results in press and Parliament (pg. 7-9). the parliamentary session: the Korean prisoners (pg. 9). the Commonwealth economic conference (pg. 9-10). new housing policy (pg. 10). purchase tax announcement (pg. 10). the Pool Betting Bill (pg. 10-11). proposals for M.P.s' salaries (pg. 11). Defence White Paper and debates (pg. 11-12). the Colonial Secretary on Kenya (pg. 12-13). the Kidbrooke school decision (pg. 13). the Television Bill (pg. 13-14). the Khartoum riots (pg. 14-15). East-West trade (pg. 15-16). hydrogen bomb debates (pg. 16). miscellanea (pg. 16-17). the cold spell (pg. 17).

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