While James Callaghan was making his plea to the trades unions for moderation, Tory Leader Margaret Thatcher was flying off for an eight-day visit to the U.S. Buoyed by recent by-election triumphs and polls showing her party well ahead of Labor, Mrs. Thatcher is confident that she will soon become Britain's first woman Prime Minister. Partly because of a casual commitment made on his visit to Britain last May, Jimmy Carter is making an exception in her case to a new White House practice that opposition leaders are received by the Vice President. While in Manhattan last week, she discussed some...
To continue reading:
or
Log-In
