Evening star., 1945-05-26
NewChurchi|I Cabine
Faces Fiery Attacks
Before Parliament
BY the Associated Press.

government OF Prime Minister
Churchill will face Parliament
for the first time Tuesday in
what one political commentator
said today would be "the fiercest
baptism Of any administration
for a long time"
The Times of London lent support
to the view of some observers that
the "caretaker government" named
last night to serve until Britain's
general elections of July S, was also
Mr. Churchill's choice for his per-
manent administration, should the
Conservative party retain its ma
jority at the polls.
Praising the cabinet as a scare
fully balanced team" the Times
said its members, when they appear
before the House, would TASK for a
mandate to press on the japanese
war to its conclusion"
Eden Retained in Position.
Mr.. Churchill, who retained
Anthony Eden as Foreign Secretary,
chose mainly members of his own
party to replace the 80 Labor and
Liberal ministers leaving the gov
ernment. Also there are few from
other parties, including the Liberal
Maj. Gwilym Lloyd George, son of
the late World War Prime Minister,
David Lloyd George, as Minister Of
Fuel and Power, and the Liberal Ma
tional Ernest Brown, new Minister
of Aircraft Production. Cabinet
members without definite party af-
flliation who were retained includ-
ed Sir James Grigg, Secretary of
War.
The editorial reaction to the new
government in the London press
followed party lines.
Summing up the conflicting re-
action to the government, the po-
litical correspondent of the British
Press Association referred to the
fact that the House of Commons
will meet Tuesday after its week.
end recess, in an election atmos-
phere. The writer commented:
In fact the caretaker govern
ment will have to take care, for it
is going to have the ficrcest bap-
tism of any administration for
long time. Its opponents who will
be springing to every opportunity
know from intimate personal ex-
perience exactly where the weak
spots are to be found in the armor. !"
Conservatives Shifted.
Vacated key cabinet posts were
filled largely by shifts to new posi-
tions of remaining conservative
cabinet members, whose old port
folios were taken by the newcomers
The shifts included: Former Min
lister OF Information Brendan Brack-
en- to First Lord of the Admiralty,
taking over the post from Laborite
A. v. Alexander to whom Mr.
Churchill relinquished it in 1910 to
form the coalition government; for
mer Minister of Reconstruction Lord
Woolton to Lord President of the
Council, replacing Labor Leader
Clement Attlee, who also had been
Deputy Prime Minister; former Edu-
cation Minister Richard Austen
Butler to Home Minister in place
of Ernest Bevin. another top labor
ite.
Harold Macmillan, former resi-
dent minister at Allied Mediterra-
mean headquarters, takes over from
the Liberal leader, Sir Archibald
Sinclair, as Air Secretary. The du-
ties of Minister of Production Oliver
Lyttelton were extended to include
those of Secretary OF the Board of
Trade. replacing Laborite Hugh
Dalton.
Hore-Belisha Returns.
Additions to the cabinet included
Leslie Hore-Belisha, who resigned
as War Secretary in 1910 and be-
comes Minister of National Insur-
ance. and Geoffrey William Lloyd,
former parliamentary. secretary for
petroleum to the Ministry of Fuel
and Power. who succeeds Mr.. Brack-
en- as Minister of Information.
Among those retained in their
former posts besides Mr.. Churchill,
Mr.. Eden and Grigg, were Chan
cellor Of the Exchequer Sir John
Anderson, Supply Minister Sir An
drew Duncan and Minister of War
Transport Lord Leathers, all with
out definite party adherence, as we'll
as Lord Beaverbrook, London news
paper publisher, as Lord Privy Seal;
Secretary for Dominion Affairs Wis
count Cranborne, Minister Of Food
John j. Llewellin, Minister of Works
Duncan Sandys and Minister of
Civil Aviation Viscount Swinton.
Lord Cranborne will be leader in
the House of Lords and Mr.. Eden
leader in Commons.
The Ministry of Home Security
will be absorbed into the Home Min