Evening star., 1941-04-30
Churchill Rejection
Fails 10 Halt Talk Of
Imperial Cabinet
London Times Throws Its
Weight for Ending of
One-Mun Government
BY HELEN KIRKPATRICK,

BY HELEN hlRhPA KIN,
Foreign Correspondent of The Star and
Chicago Daily News
LONDON, April 30-PresSure for
the formation of an imperial war
cabinet and the end of one-man
government continues despite Prime
Minister Winston Churchill's re-
fusal yesterday to consider previous
suggestions in this direction.
The full weight of the still in
fuential London Times is this
morning cast in that direction. 1t
stresses that Mr.. Churchills re-
quest, which he voiced yesterday,
for a motion of confidence will
. probably not even have to be put to
vote nor will discussion of the
Greek and Lybian campaigns lead to
recriminationS, though Parliament
will certainly want fuller informa-
ton at it's debate next week.
But the formation of a smaller
war cabinet to include Dominion
representatives will be raised again.
the Times says, and the issue of
reorganization of the machinery by
which vital decisions of policy are
taken should be debated.
There is unshaken confidence
everywhere, both in the prospects of
ultimate victory and in Churchill's
inspiring leadership" it says. But
this does not mean that everything
which is being done is we'll done. {.
and cannot be bettered.
Clear Decisions Lacking.
Modern wars are not won by
brilliant improvisation. There is a
widespread feeling, which it would
be foolish to ignore. that we have
fallen short in tackling the prob
lens of large-Scale organization.
The progress of our war efforts
has been SLOWED up by lack of
prompt and clear decisions from
the central authority on governing
matters of principle"
The Times editorial continues to
point out that the present cabinet
was hastily constituted in mo-
ment of crisis, last year, without
complete success. There is implied
criticism of many of the Labor
members of the government. while
"on the other hand, these ministers
who had no party record and were
brought into the government from
other spheres of activity, have for
the most part been an outstanding
success"
The Times would not be surprised
II the Prime Minister looked for
fresh blood outside parliamentary
ranks and it calls attention to the
letter of a prominent Conservative
member of Parliament, in this
mornings Times, calling for in.
clusion of Dominion representatives
In the war cabinet.
Such a step would symbolic the
unity of the British commonwealth,
the Times suggests, butt it would not
eliminate the necessity for relieving
the Prime Minister of many press
ing problems. The elaborate sys-
tenn of committees, headed by Labor
Leader Clement R. Attlee, does not
make up for the lack of a single
directing mind.
Propaganda Unit Demanded.
The Times also notes that de-
mands once again are becoming in
Sstent for the creation of a Min
istry of Propaganda. The func-
tlonlng of the Ministry of Informa-
tlon continues to give great dis
satisfaction and its minister is also
criticized.
There is increasingly widespread
comment on the nature of the war
caolnet and what is described as
Mr.. Churchills misplaced loyalty"
to political friends who had sided
With him in attacks on appease-
ment. The soundness of their DO
litical views does not necessarily
make them efficient administrators.
and these are the crying need of
Britain today.
An increasing number of younger
men, particularly in the services,
believe that Mr Churchill should
once more step outside parliament
tary ranks and take in young men
with efficiency and Imagination
which, the Times this morning saws,
are two essential qualifications for
nigh office which will win and re-
tain the respect and confidence of
the country"
The Prime Minister, as the Times
points out, probably and unavoid-
ably devotes the major part of his
time and energy to strategy of
the war. Pressing problems on the
nome front are left to far less able
ministers and have resulted in MANY
and unfortunate muddles, of which
the children's evacuation of Ply
mouth is merely one.
Secret Propaganda Unit.
The London Daily Mail today dis
closes that the propaganda organ
ization particularly concerned with
Germany is in the hands of not the
minister of information, but of an
other, secret. department. Although
the Mail makes mystery of the
identity of this organization, it has
long been known that another de-
partment took over such function
months ago. The Mail asks:
Are the Germans being told of
Britain's determination to fight on
to the end or are they being soothed
by socialism sent out in the name of
the government"
The immense popularity of Mr..
Churchill, and the fact that he is
undoubtedly head and shoulders
above any other leader who has so
far emerged, will make it possible
for him to damp down much of this
criticism. But the return home of
Australian Prime Minister Robert
Gordon Menzies, which has been
urged by Mr.. Churchill and which,
therefore, cannot longer be post
poned, is taken here to mean that
the last has by no means been heard
from that most independent-minded
dominion.
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