Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-22

minister. A barrister with a clean-cut
legal face and narrowed eyes, he is
quiet, able, patient and a Conservative
With moderate views. Labor'S bette
noire being the governor of the Bank
of England, Betterton's appointment
looks like a right swing at IIabor'S nose.
Betterton was appointed Labor min
lister because he is a son-in-laW of the
former governor of the Bank of Eng
land, and he has never done a hands
turn of manual labor in the So years
of his life. He is a lawyer who began
practice in 1896 and made a comfort
able fortune handling big business
! cases before judges, not JurieS. Politics
brought his baronetcy.
The Labor minister has some delicate
questions to handle during the next
five years questions mainly relating to
the modification, the administration or
the repeal of Labor legislation enacted
by the Socialist government. So there
is more than meets the eye in the APP
pointment to this department of a
Conservative lawyer and a politically
good team man who in his legal prac-
tice has specialized in intricate big
business cases.
GilmOur for Agriculture.
Sir John Gilmour is a concession to
| Scotland. He Is rich and paWky
Scots Conservative who in the inter-
| walls between hunting, shooting, fishing,
| golfing and farming pays serious at
| tention to politics. He has been In
Parliament for the last 20 years and in
the Tory cabinet of and on since the
war. Baldwin made him secretary of
| state for Scotland, but he was prob
ably more tickled when he WIS elected
captain Of the Royal and Ancient Golf
| Club
His qualification for his new post of
minister of agriculture is that he
farms his big northern estate and tests
his vegetables, butter. game al
chickens on his political and social
friends whom he gathers around the
| hospitable table of his Mayfair man
| sion. He went to war, did doughty
deeds, was wounded and was awarded
the Distinguished Service Medal. He
Will say much about protection and
the farmer.
Eyres MOnsell in Admiralty.
| Sir Bolton Eyres-Monsell's appoint
ment as first lord of the admiralty is
| the reward for years of tough work
getting the Tory vote into the division
| Hobbies in Parliament. He is so, a fam
| lily man, and he has the secret of max
| ing himself popular with every one
1 tall, long-faced man, with charm
| OF manner, he knows his own mind
can state a case clearly, but as a
speaker he cuts no ice Never in his
life has he done anything aggressive
or unexpected, which explains why he
is practically unknown outside OF
Parliament and party circles.
The son of wealthy, upper middle
class folks, he went into the navy
specializing in torpedoes, but retired
after 10 years and has been in Parlia-
ment for at least 20 years with Q
break for naval action during the war
He has big house in Mayfair, where
he gives politically important little
dinners, and during his leisure he
shoots, hunts and plays polo The ad-
mirals were uneasy under his predeces-
scr, who was chief of the Labor CO.
operative movement, but as soon as the
eX-torpedo lieutenant's appointment
was announced they stood themselves
drinks. The new naval chief Is not
a big navy man, but he won't let the
navy down.