Evening star., 1945-07-28
New Cabinet Ranges From Bevin, Who Began
Work at 10, to Oxford and Cambridge Men
Cripps, Often Called
'Lobor's Bod Boy
Heads Bourd of Trade
BY the Associated Press.

Heads Boord of Trade
BY the Associated Press.
| LONDON. July 28.-Husky, gray
ing, 64-year-old Ernest Bevin, new
Foreign Minister, is big man
physically and influentially - ir
Britain's new labor government.
He is a self assured trade union.
list who modified Britain's man.
power for war as Minister of Labor
for five years in Mr.. Churchill,
coalition government.
Roly-poly in appearance, the ESQ
pound Bevin, his face rounded even
more by heavy norn-rimmed glasses
is the opposite of the man he sue
ceeds as Britain's Foreign Minister
tall, debonair Anthony Eden.
Unlike Mr.. Eden, whose educa-
ton included Oxford University, Mr..
Bevin left school and started his
struggle for economic security at
the age of 10 by working on farm
in a his native Somerset.
After a few years he went to
Bristol, an English port, where he
worked as tramway operator
while learning the rudiments of
trade unionism.
He soon became an enthusiastic
unionist, helping to organize steve
dores and others into dockers'
union at Bristol. Under his lead
ership the organization expanded,
and in 1922 was merged into the
Transport and General Workers
Union, which is one of the worlds
largest unions.
Mr.. Bevin was named general
secretary of the union, and held
that post until May. 1910, when he
went on leave to serve as minister
of labor in the Churchill govern
ment. Last May Mr.. Bevin returned
to the union post.
Self-assured, Mr.. Bevin gained
fame in international trade circles
during his 80 years as Transport
Workers general secretary. He made
many trips to the United States In
the interests of world trade union
ism. He is a close friend of labor
leaders throughout the world.
Mr.. Bevin's statements on foreign
poli>y are being reviewed by OBJ
servers for guidance on Britain's
possible future course in the inter-
national field.
His address at the Labor party
conference in BlacKpool last May
was regarded as particularly sig
nificant.
I'VE pledge ourselves" Mr.. Bevin
declared then, never to use small
states to play off against big states
and so get an advantage. If I may
use a cockney phrase, there should
be cards on the table-face up
pards.'"
On June "a he asserted, "the only
way to deal with foreign policy Is
to send the best of the British peo-
pie to represent our point of view" !"
My experience" he continued,
"convinces me that If the same prin-
ciples are applied that we adopt
in our labor conferences, under
standing with other countries will
be reached very quickly. A Labor
government will put some morality
in foreign aaffirs.
"As long as foreign policy is based
on collective security, Labor will
find the opportunity of co-opera-
ting with all parties"
Mr.. Bevin's Blackpool address
called on labor to adopt an in
ternational viewpoint and not to
take d "a head in the sand" atti-
tude on what happens in other parts
of the close.
Mr.. Bevin asserted then that I'VE
stand for universal, orderly but suf-
flcient distribution of food, and for
taking away from middlemen the
right to exploit by manipulation
and gambling in world markets" {"
To Herbert Morrison as lord pres
ident of the council and leader of
the House of Cmmons falls the task
of shepherding the big Labor ma
jority in Commons, a job for which
the 57-year-old union leader has
had long training. Mr.. Morrison
won high honors for organizing
Britain's civilian defense forces as
home secretary and minister of
home security.
With only an elementary school
education, Mr. Morrison began his
career as an errand boy, became a
shop assistant, telephone operator,
and then a deputy newspaper cir
culation manager. He was named
minister of transport when elected
to Commons In 1923. He was sec
retary of the London Labor Party
from 1915-40, and chairman of the
Natinal Labr Party in 1928-29.
Arthur Greenwood is another
party wheelhorse. His is a free
roaming assignment as Lord Privy
Seal, a post to which many and
varied tasks may be delegated.
Author, lecturer and educator, Mr..
Greenwood at IS has had a long,
distinguished career in public life,
specializing in housing and slum
clearance.
A graduate of Victoria Univer-
sity, Mr.. Greenwood headed the
economics department at Hudders-
field Technical College and lee
tured in economics at the Univer-
sity of Leeds.
An early recruit to the British
Labor movement, he won his first
seat in Parliament in 1922, hold
ing 1t until 1881. Reelected in
1888, he has been in Commons
since. He was minister of health
in 1929,31 and minister without
portfolio in the war cabinet, serv-
ing as chairman of the War Pro-
duction Council and Economic Pol
icy Committee. In this capacity
he was credited with setting Sir