Evening star., 1941-11-02
Sweeping Changes
In British Cabinet
Predicted Soon
Beuverbrook and huIifux
Declared Involved in
Coming Surprises
BY the Associated Press.

Coming Surprises
BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Nov. 1. - Sweeping
changes in Prime Minister Church.
ills cabinet were predicted today as
Britain's dissatisfied left-wingers In
week end speeches harped on the
governments failure to produce all
out aid for Russia.
Edgar Granville, National Liberal
member of Parliament, said ut Is
now generally accepted that cabinet
changes are imminent" and pre-
dicted some of the surprises would
involve Lord Beaverbrook, Minister
Of Supply; Lord Halifax, Ambassador
to Washington, and the Foreign
Office now headed by Anthony
Eden.
LabOrite Emanuel ShinWell joined
Mr. Granville in predicting changes
and declared, 1.-The new government
will be a radical and progressive
coalition, looking to the left for its
whole trend in politics, social philos-
ophy and industry. The new gov
ernment will not be based on the
men of Munich"
Beaverbrook Suffers From Asthma.
Lord Beaverbrook, who recently
returned from the Russian aid con-
ference at Moscow, is known to be
suffering from asthma, and his
friends have suggested that he
should take at least temporary
rest.
Lord Halifax recently has been
severely criticized for advertising to
Hitler in a United States interview
that Britain had no intention at
present Of opening up eastern
front.
Mr.. Granville, who spoke at a
businessman's luncheon, said the
people were demanding 100 per cent
aid for Russia. and that Prime
Minister Churchill must be given
a win the war" cabinet.
While he spoke the growing i'm
portance of the Near East in the
British scheme was emphasized in
Cairo dispatches telling of two
United States military missions
bending their energies to straight
ening out kinks in the supply Of
war material.
One of the missions, headed by
Brig. Gen. Russell l.. Maxwell. may
examine the technical problems of
landing a United States expedition
ary force in Africa, the dispatches
said, although the primary task of
its hundreds of technicians is to
supervise maintenance of American
made tanks and planes and other
phases of the lease-lend program.
Preparation for A. E. F.
Examination of the expeditionary
force problem does not mean such
project has been decided on, the
dispatch said, but that the War De-
partment wants the preparatory
work done should such an expedi-
ton ever be ordered.
The other mission, headed by Brig.
Gen. Raymond A. Wheeler of Basra,
will be engaged with the problem
of transportation of supplies to Rus
sia through Iraq and Iran. the dis
patches said.
The importance of the Near East
in British plans also was empha-
sized by one of today's critics of
the government. Lord Strabolgi. La
borite, who demanded in a speech
to the Fabian Society:
why do we not attack in North
Africa, where our troops are facing
the enemy?
why are troops and aircraft not
being sent through the Caucasus to
check the German drive in the
Ukraine?"
While a large scale invasion Of
Western Europe might be impractical
for Britain at present. he said. he
wanted to know why British military
forces are not making a series of
diversion raids on the long German
held coastline.
Lack of Unity Charged.
Mr.. Shinwell. joining Mr.. Gran
vile in suggesting that government
changes are likely, told Lancashire
audience:
There is irrefutab1e evidence of
lack of unity among government de-
partments and ministers"
Mr. Shinwen said full cooperation
| among Britain, the United States
and Russia would prove invincible
in the end, but Britain must pull
her full weight.
Alfred Edwards, Socialist, told
special labor party conference that
abolition of the excess profits tax
and the workers income tax would
help solve the production lag.
The Liberal Edward Graham
White defended the government in
speech at Birkenhead, and said 1T
is right in remaining silent about
the military strategy of our help to
Russia"
Labor Minister Ernest Bevin told
a football crowd at Swansea that if
"the British people put their backs
into it this winter and prepare for
Hitler's real go at us in the spring
the next summer would give us
fair chance of being at his funeral"