The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-27
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comprising oie-io'A VI " " ~ .
people, people, said in a statement be-
A"l ,so went to the palace that
fore 4o NJ policy was close CO.
his LION LION with our great Allies"
opsi 1 ~, States and Russia.
the e.. doroestic policy is reconstruc-
no and. under the party's firm
tioa 1topn a sweeping program, of
p. .4.;onalizat OIL of industries:
nal0+ Overwhelming, so humiliating,
~ " .oe defeat of Churchill, the
Tas Who y, took office in the darkest
man. VI the war and brought the
h0u n+r,, through to triumph over
coumr' that many expected him
Os rocion his newly rewon commons
" W. r' coon and retire to private life.
i ostois11v so long as he remains
J.; o+- Commons, he is now the leader
IL i. Ms Maiesty's opposition.
u When parliament meets next
" WITH he and the tattered rem
lO,-s Of his party leadership will
a sanoe sides of the House with
t s,, triumphant Laborites.
nv The repercussions of this election
'no being felt around the world
w. %r oht-at Potsdam, where the Big
w. w. . awaited their third man and
l I"' views as Prime Minister on
'lJ in India, where labor is
ppladaed to grant Dominion status;
r The three rigat-wing governments
n Europe-Spain, Portugal and
" croece-to which the Conservative
oafoo+ is A dangerous blow at their
0T IN Ireland, Prime Minister
Famon De Valera bitterly hated
rbnrchill and his Tory colleagues;
" Northern Ireland the overturn
will be felt fearfully. The six coun-
Hes of Ulster have remained aloof
from Fire but their Conserva-
five majorities have been Whitfield
election by election to the danger
point.
Churchill had been Prime Minis
+pr l. 9O2 days since the May in l94U
when Hitler invaded Holland and
Bpla UNI and the Conservatives
called him-whom they never trust
ID because of his devastating frank
ness reluctantly to lead them and
the country.
The Commons member for Lime
house in the teeming East End
nj London, takes over as from to-
night from the descendant OF MARI
borough, the grandson of a Duke,
the symbol of the British ruling
class
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden
was the sole Conservative leader
TO emerge from the election with,
as one put it, both his shirt and
his pants. He was elected over
whelmingly to his House of Com
mons seat-37, lilo votes to 1916
for Laborite Donald ellsworth and
1908 for Capt. w. L. Dingley, Lib
eral.
Churchill won easily in his Lon,
don suburban district of Epping in
Essex. But ne was unopposed by
the main parties, and farmer Al
eXander Hancock, an Independent
nuisance" candidate, polled 10, ABE
votes. Few thought Hancock would
poll 1000 votes.
Ernest Brown, leader of the gov
eminent coalition National Liberia
party and Aircraft Production Min
lister in the Churchill cabinet, went
down to defeat.
With him went War Minister Sir
James Grigg, Secretary of State
for India Leopold S. Amery, the
tough little man who is hated by
Left Wingers over the entire world
as the living symbol of hard-faced
Toryi m; Brendan Bracken,
Churchill protege and First Lord
Of the Admiralty; Duncan Sandys,
Churchill son-in-law and Minister
Of Works; Education Minister Ric-
hard Law, beaten by a Labor par
ty bookseller; Minister Harold Mac
MILAN. Minister of Information
Godfrey Lloyd; Insurance Minister
Leslie Hore-Belisha; Pensions Min
lister Sir Walter Womersley, Home
Minister Donald Somervell and
Food Minister Col. John j. Level.
lin.
Ralph Assheton, chairman of the
Conservative party, joined them ir
oefeat-by a woman laborite, Mrs
F. B. Patton.
Defeated also were Sir Archibald
sinclair, Liberal Party leader; Sill
William Beverage, Liberal and au
Mor OF the Beverage Social Sc
ccrlty Plan, and Sir Percy Harris
Liberal party whip.
commonwealth Party leader Sill
hlchard Acland, millionaire LET
wing advocate of Naturalization
lost his seat.
A portentous feature also was the
breaking up by the revolt of thu
middle class of the family group!
III commons. Churchills son Ran
uoiph' Amery's son Julian, wer'
defeated.
Mulfl-millionaire William Astor
Son OF Lady Astor, lost his seat t.
Laoorlte Army Captain, M. Stew
A. NOBODY yet even knows Stew
arts first name.
LADY Astor herself, possibly sens
a the shape of things to come
0ic not run for reelection.
ohe of those defeated was Brig
,T Edward L. Spears, forme
minister 10 Svrio opJ oL,