BRITISH CABINET CHANGES
FURTHER RECONSTRUCTION EXPECTED MR CHAMBERLAIN'S INTENTIONS Pres* Association—By Telegraph—Copynght . : LONDON. October 23. ‘ * The Times ’ says yesterday’s Cabinet appointments are only a comparatively minor part in the impending reconstruction of the Government. The 4 Daily Mail ’ calls them 14 merely preliminary shuffles,” adding that Mr Chamberlain intends- to -broaden the Cabinet by way of enabling a bigger impulse to be given to rearmament and other measures, in which famous business men may- be invited to assist, but first he proposes to make a statement to Parliament outlining security plans and probably appealing to national unity. Mr Walter Elliott. Secretary for Health, speaking at Crayford. hinted that Britain’s rearmament needs might entail cuts in social services, such as housing, health,'and pensions. “We should do so with great regret, because we should be hindering things we want to preserve.”
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Evening Star, Issue 23101, 29 October 1938, Page 17
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