Sir Samuel Hoare.

Southland Times, Issue 22345, 9 June 1934, Page 6

Sir Samuel Hoare.

One of the principal personages concerned in the matter investigated by the House of Commons Committee of Privileges was Sir Samuel Hoare, who made his reputation in Mr Baldwin’s two Cabinets as a forceful Air Minister. Chief of his several big air tours was his Indian flight of 1926, when he inaugurated the Cairo-Karachi section of the route. One of Sir Samuel’s best stories concerns this flight. When Mr Baldwin was informed of the departure of the aeroplane, he is reported to have said: What with F.E. winning diving competitions in Madeira, and Leo Amery ski-ing in the most mountainous regions in the Alps, and Sam Hoare flying to India, I feel like a circus manager whose performing fleas have escaped. Since 1931 Sir Samuel Hoare has held the exacting post of Secretary of State for India. His remarkable ability in amassing knowledge was impressively displayed last year when he elected to give evidence before the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Indian Constitutional Reform. In July his evidence occupied nine sittings or forty hours, during which he answered more than 2000 questions. His mastery of his case drew congratulations from his fellow members, and was described by Lord Salisbury as “an intellectual achievement.” o—O—o