Foreign News: REVOLUTIONISTS WITHOUT WHOOP-DE-DOO

During nearly three years as Britain's rulers, Britain's Labor Party has given up great chunks of empire—India, Burma, Ceylon. At home it has nationalized transport, coal, electric power, aviation, overseas communication and the Bank of England. It has also raised taxes and cut rations, and its popularity has taken a definite, although possibly not decisive, slump. Last week the Labor Party met at Scarborough in its annual conference to take stock of its accomplishments and chart its further aims. From Scarborough TIME Senior Editor Max Ways reported:

The sense of power and glory that...

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