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	Hugh Gaitskell Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		The British politician Hugh Gaitskell (1906-1963) was chancellor of the exchequer from 1950 to 1951.
		Hugh Todd-Naylor Gaitskell was born in London on April 9, 1906, the son of Arthur Gaitskell, an Indian civil servant.
		Gaitskell's interest in socialism was stimulated initially during his student days at Oxford, where he came under the influence of G. Cole, the socialist philosopher and historian.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/hugh-gaitskell (651 words)

	Hugh Gaitskell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell (April 9, 1906 – January 18, 1963) was a British politician, leader of the Labour Party from 1955 until his death in 1963.
		Gaitskell witnessed firsthand in Vienna the political suppression of the Marxist-oriented social democratic workers movement by the conservative Englebert Dolfuss's government.
		Gaitskell was undermined during it by public doubts concerning the credibility of proposals to raise pensions and by a highly effective Conservative campaign run by Harold Macmillan under the slogan "Life is better with the Conservatives, don't let Labour ruin it".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hugh_Gaitskell (846 words)

	Hugh Gaitskell (via CobWeb/3.1 planet03.csc.ncsu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Gaitskell's election as leader coincided with one of the Labour Party's leanest periods, and he is regarded by some as "the best Prime Minister we never had".
		Gaitskell was an early moderniser, trying (unsuccessfully) to amend Labour's Clause IV which committed the party, on paper, to massive nationalisation of industry.
		Gaitskell alienated many of his supporters by his opposition to British membership in the European Economic Community which in 1962 he declared to be the "end of a thousand years of island history".
	hugh-gaitskell.kiwiki.homeip.net.cob-web.org:8888 (556 words)

	Hugh Gaitskill (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Hugh Gaitskell and Nye Bevan were as temperamentally and politically opposed to one another as it was possible to be within a single political party.
		Hugh, for his part, despised what he regarded as emotional oratory, and if he could defeat Nye in open conflict, he would be in a strong position to oust Morrison as the heir apparent to Clement Attlee.
		Gaitskell is often able to see both sides of a question, an ability which contrasted him to his then chief, Cripps, who was, incidentally, very fond of him.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /TUgaitskell.htm (2962 words)

	Politics \| The revision thing
		Gaitskell had a public sector workforce that retained a strong sense of the value of public service but he still faced the problem of motivating the service providers.
		I think this sense of self and conflict is very common among male politicians, that the search for love that drove Gaitskell in his private life is connected to the forcefulness that propelled him in public life, and that the number of what we might call integrated personalities in politics is actually very small.
		Gaitskell embodied a strand of British politics now extinct, but he was also an intriguing human being.
	politics.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,4982903-107972,00.html (1080 words)

	Amazon.com: Hugh Gaitskell: Books: Brian Brivati (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Hugh Gaitskell was leader of the British Labour Party from 1955 till his tragic premature death in 1963.
		Brivati sympathetically portrays Gaitskell's revisionism, which was 30 years ahead of its time; his irrevocable commitment to the values of western liberal democracy, an instinct that led to his courageous and historically vindicated stand opposing unilateral nuclear disarmament; and his insights into the political implications of what was then known as the Common Market.
		Hugh Gaitskell is largely a forgotten presence in the Labour Party of today but as Brian Brivati (intentionally or otherwise) manages to convey to the reader, this neglect may have something to do with the fact that this former British Labour Party leader had a style and a substance that has rarely been seen since.
	www.amazon.com /Hugh-Gaitskell-Brian-Brivati/dp/1860660738 (1344 words)

	BBC ON THIS DAY \| 18 \| 1963: Labour leader Hugh Gaitskell dies
		Mr Gaitskell, who was 56, died at 2120 this evening in the Middlesex hospital in Marylebone.
		The Gaitskells' two daughters, Cressida and Julia, were summoned to his bedside after the news of his death had been broken to them.
		Hugh Gaitskell died of lupus disease - a rare and potentially fatal condition which can affect any organ in the body.
	news.bbc.co.uk /onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/18/newsid_3376000/3376971.stm (538 words)

	BBC ON THIS DAY \| 14 \| 1955: Gaitskell elected Labour leader
		Hugh Gaitskell arrives at Transport House for the result of the party leader vote.
		Mr Gaitskell was given a rousing reception from both sides of the Commons when he arrived the following day to take his place for the first time as leader of the Labour party.
		After Labour's election defeat in 1959, Mr Gaitskell proposed modifying the party's image by altering the controversial Clause Four of the constitution (concerning common ownership of the means of production or nationalisation) but the idea was rejected.
	news.bbc.co.uk /onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/14/newsid_3254000/3254118.stm (636 words)

	1952
		The timing of the contest is crucial for Bevan, Gaitskell and Morrison, all competing to be his successor.
		Hugh Gaitskell wins so comfortably that arguments become less public and a sense of fragile unity prevails.
		Gaitskell beats Wilson for the leadership and George Brown in the contest Deputy Leader.
	labhist.tripod.com /b8.htm (1279 words)

	1952
		In 1954, both Bevan and Gaitskell made a bid to become party treasurer and the voting patterns reflected the battle lines within the movement.
		Hugh Gaitskell won so comfortably that arguments became less public and a sense of fragile unity prevailed.
		Hugh Gaitskell now prodded Labour to modernise its constitution to mark its conciliation with a 'mixed economy.' He also stressed that there were many roads to socialism - nationalisation representing just one of them.
	labhist.tripod.com /a8.htm (1050 words)

	A Concise Encyclopedia of the European Union --G--
		Hugh Gaitskell became leader of the Labour Party in 1955, but died suddenly in 1963, opening the way for Harold Wilson to win the 1964 general election.
		Gaitskell's speech to the party conference in 1962 remains a seminal text on Europe.
		Gaitskell went on to criticise Harold Macmillan's duplicity in enthusing about political union in Brussels while denying it in the House of Commons, and entered a passionate plea for the UK not to dishonour its pledges to safeguard Commonwealth trade.
	www.euro-know.org /dictionary/g.html (3584 words)

	Politics \| The only politician I loved
		This was despite Gaitskell being no mean orator himself, capable of sustained passion, as, notably but not uniquely, in his "fight, fight and fight again to save the party we love" speech at Scarborough in 1960.
		But where Gaitskell had the edge over Bevan was that he was much better at retaining the loyalty, even the love, of those who knew him best.
		He was anxious that the 40th anniversary of Hugh Gaitskell's death, on January 18 1963, should not go uncommemorated.
	politics.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,4581308-107979,00.html (1244 words)

	CIA and the Labour Party - part 3: How CIA Money Took the Teeth Out of Socialism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Labour's rank-and-file, however, still clung to their grassroots Socialism, and Gaitskell's obvious preferences for the small coterie of cultured intellectuals and visiting foreigners who met at his house in Frognal Gardens, Hampstead, alienated the Party faithful, and gave added bitterness to the internecine quarrels that were to follow Labour's defeat in the 1959 election.
		Lasky was a trusted member of Gaitskell's inner circle and was often to be seen at his parties in Hampstead, while Gaitskell became at the same time a regular contributor to the New Leader.
		Attacked by Gaitskell at the Labour Party Conference in 1960 as a fellow traveller, Michael Foot retorted 'but who are they travelling with?' and the question is one that other members of the Party echo.
	www.wcml.org.uk /internat/wattw.htm (4051 words)

	The Harvard Crimson :: News :: Gaitskell Asks for General Election; Will Stay for Godkin Lecture Tonight
		Hugh Gaitskell called for a British general election yesterday in the light of Sir Anthony Eden's resignation as Prime Minister.
		Gaitskell spoke at a press conference in the basement of the Faculty Club, hastily called together after word was received that Eden had resigned.
		But Gaitskell did not know whether he would be able to complete his U.S. speaking tour, which is scheduled to last until Jan. 20.
	www.thecrimson.com /article.aspx?ref=125348 (329 words)

	Gaitskell, Hugh Todd Naylor - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		GAITSKELL, HUGH TODD NAYLOR [Gaitskell, Hugh Todd Naylor], 1906-63, British statesman.
		After Labour's defeat in the 1959 general election, Gaitskell supported some moderation of party policies.
		At the party conference of 1960 the left wing of the party defeated him on the issue of unilateral nuclear disarmament, which he opposed, but he had recovered his authority in the party by the time of his premature death.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-gaitskel.html (230 words)

	Today's ALP leaders can learn much from Labour leaders of the past - On Line Opinion - 2/4/2003
		Hugh Gaitskell was the greatest moderniser of British Labour before Tony Blair.
		Gaitskell's political personality was very much that of his profession as a trained economist and former university lecturer.
		It was a tribute to Gaitskell and his ability to learn and to change that he was able again to reconcile with his colleagues, and bring Labor to the brink of victory.
	www.onlineopinion.com.au /view.asp?article=259 (1117 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Politics \| Special Reports \| Harold Wilson
		Gaitskell, a new chancellor, was faced with the commitment to a huge re-armament programme (the outbreak of the Korean war) which Bevan opposed as fundamentally mistaken and because it meant the erosion of other spending plans, notably on the NHS.
		But Gaitskell was as stubborn as Wilson was flexible and, though no natural supporter of Nye Bevan, Wilson followed Bevan's resignation a day later, along with another minister, John Freeman.
		In 1960, the year Gaitskell was defeated over nuclear disarmament, Wilson actually challenged Gaitskell's leadership - but was heavily defeated, 166 votes to 81.
	politics.guardian.co.uk /politicsobituaries/story/0,,563492,00.html (3688 words)

	Labour History Group: Labour Leader Biography
		Bernard Donoughue was also a member of CDS and said that Gaitskell was a particularly attractive figure to the young for his 'blazing integrity and courage': 'Most politicians learn to compromise.
		Gaitskell's determination to modernise a party whose dominant instinct was to preserve the legacy of the Attlee government in aspic struck a resonance with those who had come to regard it as too old fashioned.
		Mabon describes Gaitskell as a 'very partisan leader, not a pussy foot': ''He became known for defying his own party when he thought they were wrong'.
	heroicdesign.com /reisinger/LHGsite/gaitskellevent.html (1002 words)

	Pikle - The Diary Junction - Hugh Gaitskell
		Pikle - The Diary Junction - Hugh Gaitskell
		Gaitskell, Hugh ___ 1906-1963 ___ British ___ politician
		Gaitskell was born in London and educated at the Dragon School, Winchester College and New College, Oxford.
	www.pikle.demon.co.uk /diaryjunction/data/gaitskell.html (397 words)

	Education for All: What will it take? -: UNESCO Education
		On the eve of the key debate on Suez in the House of Commons, Cherniavsky sent a telegram to Hugh Gaitskell.
		I searched the web on Hugh Gaitskell and the second document listed was entitled: Biographies of leading figures in the struggle against poverty and inequalities in Britain, 1942-1990.
		Hugh Gaitskell would have taken a close interest in this topic because Education for All is at the heart of the struggle against inequality and poverty that motivated much of his own political activity.
	portal.unesco.org /education/en/ev.php-URL_ID=5903&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html (4268 words)

	Budget 96 History
		A famous budget because the Chancellor resigned after admitting to having leaked a budget measure to a journalist.
		Hugh Dalton was replaced by Sir Stafford Cripps.
		Gaitskell was faced with the problem of financing increased arms expenditure (including rising spending on nuclear weapons).
	www.bbc.co.uk /budget96/background/Budgets-1945-1979.htm (866 words)

	Hugh Gaitskell by Dr. Brian Brivati
		Hugh Gaitskell was the original Labour moderniser, political mentor of the SDP, and the revisionist politician who fought to make Labour electable in the 1950s and early 1960s.
		Gaitskell was a passionate rationalist, with a grey public persona, yet at the same time a charming, loving and funny man in his private life.
		Hugh Gaitsell was deeply rooted in Labour and committed to its future as an independent political entity.
	www.politicospublishing.co.uk /titles.php/itemcode/69 (203 words)

	'Colonisation in Reverse: How Globalisation is Changing Britain' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Like many others, I have no doubt that Hugh Gaitskell, had he lived long enough to win the 1964 general election, would have served his country as prime minister in the same pragmatic, yet passionate manner as he did the miners of Nottinghamshire while working here as a lecturer.
		Gaitskell's political contribution to British politics peaked as the sun set on the British Empire, and while he rose to be Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Atlee government, his years as leader of the Opposition that left an indelible mark on British politics.
		Hugh Gaitskell rightly opposed that law because it was racist.
	www.cre.gov.uk /Default.aspx.LocID-0hgnew0aw.RefLocID-0hg00900c002.Lang-EN.htm (5838 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Gaitskell,
		Gaitskell, Hugh Todd Naylor GAITSKELL, HUGH TODD NAYLOR [Gaitskell, Hugh Todd Naylor], 1906-63, British statesman.
		As minister of health (1945-51) he administered and developed the National Health Service instituted by the Labour government.
		Hugh GAITSKELL, British Labour politician with his family.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Gaitskell, (308 words)

	Spies at Work, CHAPTER 8 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		As Hugh Dalton's secretary during the Second World War he had been a familiar and important figure in the intelligence community, and had been particularly close to the Political Warfare Executive during the time when it was a part of Dalton's responsibilities (*1).
		When Gaitskell unexpectedly died in 1963, Wilson was one of the few candidates for the Party leadership who could command support on both sides of the riven party.
		Hugh Fraser, the only other candidate, was moved to tears by the fact that he had helped depose Heath.
	www.1in12.go-legend.net /publications/library/spies/chap8.htm (8167 words)

	Gaitskell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		CL Library Services is pleased to announce that the Papers of Hugh Gaitskell, Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1950 to 1951 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1955 until his death in 1963, are finally being opened for study.
		The bulk of them emanates from Gaitskell’s various offices, and the large majority are official in nature, covering his political career and parliamentary engagements.
		After Gaitskell’s sudden death in January 1963 all his papers passed into Lady Gaitskell’s keeping and then in the early 1970s were lent to Nuffield College, Oxford, to facilitate work on the official biography by Philip Williams.
	www.ucl.ac.uk /Library/Newsletter/gaitsk~1.htm (359 words)

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