The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-21
BRITISH CABINET
 SHAKEN UP AGAIN
Second in Three Weeks, Vet Critics Are Still Not
 Satisfied
By ROBERT DowsoN

United Press Staff CorrespOndent)
 London; July 21 1-UP)- Prime Minister Winston Churchill's sec- ond cabinet shake . up in three weeks failed to satisfy critics of the government today. They de- manded that he weed out weaker members and establish ministries for production and civil defense.
 Churchill announced at midnight that Alfred Duff Cooper, third min- ister of information since the war started, had been named chancel- Tor of the duchy of Lancaster and assigned to the Far East to plan coordination of civil and military activities in behalf of the war cabinet.
 Brendan Bracken, Churchill's pri- vate secretary, tall, red haired, spectacled newspaper publisher, was named to succeed Duff Cooper.
 Editorials in newspapers showed the general view of the shake-up, in w!aich several minor officers were shifted.
 Another ReshuffIe
 Tt is just another reShuffle of a too-familiar kind" said the Ir1- dependent Conservative Daily Mall, chief newspaper of the Rothermere chain.
 The war marches on and still we await the thorough-going re- construction of the government without which the effort and con- fidence of the. entire people will never be geared to full pitch" said the News Chronicle, organ of the Liberal party.
 "Still there remain solidly at- tached to chairs in the cabinet room various gentlemen whose title to their positions is based neither on energy nor on performance, but on an obsolete and vicious devo- ton to the principle of party checks and balances"
 The latest government reshuffle falls miserably short of our needs said the Daily Herald, Labor party organ.
 Newspapers generally welcomed Bracken to the information min- istry but urged Churchill to give him the powers necessary to oyer- come the influence of the service I departments in the dissemination of news and propaganda.
 Duff Cooper Dissatisfied
 It had been expected that Duff Cooper would leave the ministry. A He had been exceedingly dissatis- fled because at every turn he had to await the approval of the ser- vice departments to put out news.
 Braken is the first newspaper man to hold the post. He Is chair man of the Daily Financial News, editor of the weekly publication, 5 The Banker, and managing direc- tor of the weekly, The Economist.
 As part of the shake-up Richard ; A. Butler, parliamentary under secretary for foreign affairs, was promoted to cabinet rank as presi- dent of the board of education, suc- ceeding Herwald Ramsbotham who was made chairman of the unem- ployment assistance board, and raised to the peerage as a baron.
 Lord Hankey, whom Duff Cooper succeeded as chancellor of tn e duchy of Laficaster, was named paymaster general.
 Son of BOnar Law
 Richard K. Law, son of the late Bonar Law, who was prime min- ister soon after the last war, was named to Buffers foreign office post. Edwin Duncan Sandys, Chur- chill's son-iu-law, was named fin- ancial secretary to the war office, the post which Law had held. Ernst Thurtle, Labor party mem Der who has been keen and con- structive critic of the government, was named secretary to the minis try of information. Sir Hugh Seely was named an additional under secretary to the air ministry. Col. c. S. H. Watt succeeded Bracken as Churchills secretary and Har- old Nicholson was named governor of the British Broadcasting cor I noratiOu.