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9. By not losing sight of the long-term objectives they made themselves masters and not servants or victims of economic forces operating in the world. 10. The first lesson, surely, is that the successive Governments added greatly to the public anxiety by declining for so long to give reasonable information to Parliament and the people. 11. There is still time to let every new MP know what the British people want. It can be done by making a big success of the Easter peace march, by sending resolutions from trade unions and other organizations, and by sending deputations to MPs. 12. Workers joined unions to defend their living standards. "We can best do that by following a vigorous wages policy," Mr M. added. 13. They expect that the Prime Minister will try to suppress criticism by pleading that matters are at a delicate stage. 14. Mr G. then added insult to injury by putting the blame for the "inconvenience" of unemployment on the "dishonest and thriftless" British people. 15. By agreeing to an Italian proposal that this question be turned over to a committee of U. N. member states for study, the United States lured a number of wavering countries away from the Canadian position. 16. Meanwhile the people and their representatives did what they were told without even the privilege of being informed of the decisions taken by their leaders. 17. They expected that this would allow them to take part in a world disarmament conference without losing face. 18. Instead of being changed however the traditional strategy was merely reasserted and put into operation at the end of the war under the famous and accurate phrase about "negotiation from strength." 52
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