Great Britain: Ready to Knock Hell

In Washington last week, Britain's Prime Minister Harold Wilson accomplished one miracle—he made President Lyndon B. Johnson look like a fashion plate. As newsmen crowded into Johnson's White House office they found Wilson slouched on a couch by the fireplace, pipe in hand, wearing a wrinkled dark grey suit, greyish socks, brown shoes, and a tie colored a muddy green.

Toddy, Tobacco, Telly. But Wilson seemed completely at his ease, and with every reason. As Britain's first Socialist head of government in 13 years, Wilson from the beginning has acted like a man...

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