The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-04

Continued from Page D exercise his bolder conceptions, Is likely to be the most popular feat ure of the re-shuhle.
 Changes Made
 Lord Chatfleld, Chamberlain's minister of defense coordination was dropped from the cabinet and no successor was named. Churchill, however, becomes the virtual success sor to the vigorously criticized Chatfield because as senior defense minister he will preside over meet ings of the three branches of the armed ser'ice and the service of supply.
 Two other ministers whose poli- cieS have long been under fire by newspapers, parliament and the public at large were shifted. They were Sir Kingsley Wood, minister of air, who is replaced by Sir Samuel Hoare, one of Chamberlain's closest personal and political associates. The other was Herbert s. Morrison, minister of food, whose rationing and price policies have been attack ed in many British quarters.
 Lord WoOItOn Is In
 Morrison'S successor is Lord Wool ton, prominent industrialist who has long been an adviser on econ- onic and fiscal matters to the Brit ish government.
 Wood becomes Lord Privy Seal.
 There were 8 series of minor changes and exchanges of cabinet positions and sub-cabinet positions.
 Chamberlain in a statement is- sued from No. 10 Downing street emphasized that there was no re- f1ection intended upon the minis ters who were displaced but that the changes were regarded as in the interest of strengthening the gov- ernment generally and placing the beSt-fitted men in the posts where they would be of the greatest serv- ice.
 Other Changes
 Rt. Hon. Herwald Pamsbotham, commissioner of works, becomes president of the board of education, succeeding Earl De La War.
 Earl De La Warr named commiS- Sioner of works.
 Godfrey H. Shakespeare, parlia- mentary and financial secretary to the Admiralty, named secretary of overseas trade, succeeding R. s. Hudson.
 Sir Victor Warrender, named to Shakespeare's Admiralty post. Ed ward Grigg was appointed financial secretary of the war office. Major George Tryon was named chancel- Tor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
 Hudson named minister of ship ping-a vacancy that occurred with the death of Sir John Gilmour last week.
 Morrison becomes postmaster gen. eral, 8 post formerly held by Tryon.
 The re-shuffle was greeted with out enthusiasm except for the pro- motion of dynamic Winston Churchill, to the recognized post of senior minister of the fighting serv- ices.
 Hope was expressed that in his new job the popular First Lord of the Admiralty would actually prove to be the real head and coordinator of the fighting services, army and air force as well as navy.
 Chamberlain's reorganization was criticized as half-hearted, criti- cism was tempered only because of Churchill's promotion to a position regarded as more suited to his en- ergy and grasp.
 The general tone of the press was that at least the country might be thanked for the small blessing of Churchill's promotion, but it was asked what was thet reason for the rest of the re-Shuffle.
 The labor party organ, Daily Herald, was most critical. It saw "lack of imagination and a surfeit of complecency" in Chamberlain's reorganization, and likened his changes to those of the mad natter at his tea party in Alice's Adven- lures in Wonderland, sort of mu- sical chairs business in which every- one changed places but the party remained as before.