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+ tates . wae Mar eS a beptt at e eee Aa we oe a ™ I] replace Sir Alec Doug- anaes, leakest-efahe Conservative party, former British Chancellor of the Exchequer Reginald Maud- ‘ling told a dinner meeting - that the former prime mip. ° ister “is, and will remain at the head of our Party. He is a leader of outstanding qualities and strength of character,” The Half-Strike ROME — Italian. customs inspectors began a sched- uled 10-day walkout early today, but one union—rep- resenting half the country’s 5000 customs personnel_—e- cided at the last minute to accept government assur- ances that improvements in salary regulations would be met. Finance police stepped in to replace the striking in- ‘spectors, but officials said the half-strike still would eause disruptions in clear- ing shipments. For the Recorta—~’ ® Britain’s Prime Minister Wilson is expected to an- nounce in Parliament secon that Commonwealth leaders have set a date in mid-year for their summit confer- ence, informed sources said. * The central committee of the World Council of Churches, meeting in En- ugu, Nigeria, approved a plan to set up a working group with the Roman Cath. olic Church to study further ecumenical collaboration. *The Kennedy Round of tariff-cutting negotiations resumed in Geneva after a nth's TeCess, -_ i Compiled from Washington Font and news agency reports from abroad. iz