TRANSCRIPT: BUTLER: "NEW NATIONS ARE ON THE MOVE, NEW ALIGNMENTS ARE APPEARING. THE CONFLICT BETWEEN EAST AND WEST IS CHANGING ITS CHARACTER AND THE OLD FORMULAE THAT WERE ADOPTED TO MEET THE CHALLENGES OF YESTERDAY ARE NOT ENOUGH TO KEEP THE PEACE TODAY. THE ENORMOUS NATION OF CHINA HAS AWAKENED FROM CENTURIES OF SLUMBER AND EVERY FEW YEARS IT'S ADDING TO ITS TEEMING MILLIONS A POPULATION EQUAL TO THAT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. THE UNITED NATIONS HAS MORE NOW THAN A HUNDRED MEMBERS, MANY OF THEM SMALL AND WEAR, BUT ALL YOUNG AND PROUD."



TRANSCRIPT: BUTLER: ".....BUT I MUST SAY THIS, IT IS A MATTER FOR REGRET WHEN THE UNITED NATIONS ATTEMPTS TO TAKE ON RESPONSIBILITIES WHICH ARE NOT PROPERLY ITS OWN AND THEREBY REDUCES ITS STANDING AND INFLUENCE FOR GOOD."




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Background: MR.R.A. BUTLER, BRITAIN'S DEPUTY PREMIER, TODAY (SATURDAY) MADE HIS BIG BID FOR THE PRIME MINISTERSHIP WHICH MR. HAROLD MACMILLAN IS TO RESIGN BECAUSE OF ILL HEALTH. HE STOOD IN FOR MR. MACMILLAN AT THE CLOSING RALLY OF THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY'S ANNUAL CONFERENCE AT BLACKPOOL, PLAYING A ROLE TRADITIONALLY RESERVED FOR THE PARTY LEADER.

HE DESCRIBED MR. MACMILLAN'S DECISION TO RESIGN AS A "HEAVY BLOW", ADDING BUT WE INTEND TO CARRY ON THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COUNTRY ACCORDING TO THE SAME HIGH STANDARD WHICH THE PRIME MINISTER HAS MAINTAINED."
MR. BUTLER LATER WENT ON TO SPEAK ABOUT WORLD AFFAIRS:
HE SAID BRITAIN HAD PRICE IN THE U.N. AND WELCOMED ITS MANY SUCCESSES, AND ADDED:
DURING THE CONFERENCE, A HECKLER WAS ESCORTED FROM THE HALL BY PARTY USHERS.HE WAS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN A MEMBER OF THE LEAGUE OF EMPIRE LOYALISTS, A MOVEMENT DEDICATED TO THE PRESERVATION OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE.

WHEN MR. BUTLER FINISHED HIS 40-MINUTE SPEECH, HE RECEIVED A SUSTAINED STANDING OVATION (SOF).