Two_n&e}; L..bour Candidates

Two new Labour candidates have heen adopted recently: Mr. John Gilbert, for Duwiley, and Mr, Roderick MacFarquhar, for Meriden. Both will he fighting by-elections soon, Both seem to confirm the trend towards right-wing intellectualism - another recently-chosen candidate for Acton seems to be of a like ilk. Mr. John Gilbert was educated at Merchant Taylor's School and St. John's College, Oxford. He went to the United States 'toworkin the catering trade' but is now an industrial and financial adviser, His wife is in the same line of business, being European editor of a large rroup of American business magazines. Mr, Gilbert returned to this country from the United States 'shortly before the 1966 General Election' - just in time, one might say, because he was adopted as La>our candidate for the Ludlow division. The by-election at Dudley, where there was a 10,022 majority at the last General Election, has heen caused by the elevation of Gecrre Wigg to the House of Lords. Mr, Roderick MacFarquhar, is the only son of Sir Alexander MacFar-vhar, now director of personnel for the United Nations, He was brought up in India - his father working for the Government there, He is best known as editor of The China Quarterly, a scholarly,>ut very right winr, iournal specialising in Sinology. In that capacity he has been on the BBC many times to comment on Chinese Cultural Revolution. He has worked as a journalist - a career which he has stated as beinp a necessary prerequisite to politics. He workedfor the Daily Telerraph as its Far East correspondent and then for Panorama, Mr. MacFarquhar joined the Labour Party in 1962 and contested Ealing South unsuccessfully in 1966. He will be resipning from his post as editor of The China Quarterly. It is not thought likely that either of these two will five Mr, Wilson my trouble in confidence votes.