Younger Men In British Cabinet

Northern Advocate, 31 May 1937, Page 5

Younger Men In British Cabinet

[British Official Wireless,! r ; (Received 2.30 p.m.) ;■ v.' -'•rugby. May 30. That the principle of the National Government remains inviolable is one, nnd that' the ' smoothness’ of transition almost without precedent in the country’s political history is the other, ' of; >twp pieces which are common in >" the Press comment on new Government';

- r .-One; or two commentators express disappointment at the . absence of .Mr Winston Churchill 1 from the new Government; and Mr ‘l& Si; Amery is another name .. missed by thfm. ■ -./ The “News' Chronicle” finds that the newcomers to • the Cabinet have one collective merit, their average age is 24 years less than that of the three "retiring members. 1 When Mt. Neville Chamberlain’s Government meets in the House of r Comhaphs on Friday, the business will -be the second reading of the Finance ; Bill/ which will be moved by Sir John c : Simon, hew Chancellor of the ExrcKettpuer/- Two motions for the resection of’'the Whole Bill have been tabled, one by eight back-bench, Con- " pervativec Who, at a meeting, voiced ' 5 • strong ■ criticism of the National Defence Contribution amendments.