SEAT IN CABINET

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23401, 18 July 1939, Page 9

SEAT IN CABINET

CHURCHILL'S CHANCES AGITATION FOR INCLUSION NO MOVE BY PREMIER POSSIBILITY FOR FUTURE LONDON, July 11 While the agitation for the inclusion of Mr. Winston Churchill in the Cabinet continues to be voiced in a flood of letters in the newspapers, it is learned that the official attitude is: "Mr. Churchill will be included one day, perhaps." This would probably happen in the event of a Cabinet reconstruction accompanying a general election or of a grave national emergency, when a more broadly-based Government would assuredly be foi'med. Sir Archibald Sinclair, the Liberal leader in the House of Commons, speaking in support of the Liberal, Mr. T. L. ffornbin, against the Conservative candidate, Mr. Whitehouse, in the North Cornwall by-election, recalled Mr. Wlntehouse's statement oil high authority that Britain in September was "within 90 minutes of war." Sir Archibald asked who brought us there, and replied: "The men who were responsible were Sir Samuel Hoare and M. Laval and the Prime Minister, Mr. Chamberlain, who forced Mr. Eden to j resign in order to placate Signor Mussolini by 'selling' to hiin the principles of the Spanish people." He again demanded the inclusion of Mr. Churchill and Mr. Eden in the Cabinet in the interests of national unity and the removal of distrust. Still a Back-bencher The Daily Telegraph, the News Chronicle, the Observer, the Daily Mirror, the Manchester Guardian, the Yorkshire Post and the newspapers controlled by Lord Rothmere and Lord Beaverbrook—the Daily Express, the Daily Mail, the Evening News and the Evening Standard—have all vigorously backed the campaign, the Daily Mail going so far as to categorically announce that Mr. Churchill would immediately enter the Cabinet. However, the fact remains that Mr. Churchill is still a back-bencher, for Mr. Chamberlain has not moved to elevate him. Supporters' Devices Fail The weekly political journal, Truth, throws new light on the campaign. It says: "Intrigue is afoot to enable Mr. Churchill to muscle his way into the Cabinet. There is no demand in the House of Commons, apart from one from his coterie known as 'glamour boys,' for Mr. Churchill's inclusion, and his supporters seize any weapon to attack Mr. Chamberlain. Their devices can be dismissed as of no account." Humours current on the Continent that Mr. Chamberlain intends to resign, are inexplicable, states the diplomatic correspondent of the Times. He says that Mr. Chamberlain was never further from resigning, and that he sees much work ahead of him.