Evening star., 1947-10-26
Churchill Will Make
New Effort tuesday 10
Gust labor Cabinet
Nv ths A.seeioted Press

LONDON, Oct. as. winston
Churchill will make his fourth at
tempt Tuesday to overthrow the
Labor government by Parliamentary
action.
And the Labor government also
faces a new test of strength late
next week in municipal elections.
Although the voting will be for bor-
ough councilmen the real issue will
be national-how the people feel
about their labor leadership.
In his parliamentary move, Mr..
Churchill will argue the Conserva-
tive motion accusing the govern
ment Of lacking ''the national lead
ership, the administrative compe-
tence, or the measures necessary to
meet the economic crisis"
Approval OF this admendment to
the speech FROM the throne" by
King George would amount to a vote
of no confidence and force Prime
Minister Attlee's government to re-
sign. In view of the overwhelming
Labor majority, there was little
likelihood this would happen.
Torrid Debate Scheduled.
Nevertheless, with the third ses-
sion of the present Parliament only
five days old, battle lines were
drawn for torrid debate.
Mr.. Churchill has tried to over
throw the Labor government three
times by parliamentary action since
1t came into power in July, 1945.
On November n, 1945, a Churchill
sponsored vote of censure on recon-
version lost 381 to 1877. On March
IL, 1947 he was refused, 374 to 1893,
vote of no confidence on the gov
ernment's economic white paper.
Last August 8 he sought to table
the crisis bill in q move that would
have amounted to q vote of censure.
He met defeat 251 to 148.
Curb ON Lords is Issue.
The most controversial of Labor's
| proposals for this session, the pro-
posed curb in the power of the
House Of Lords, is not mentioned
specifically in the opposition mo-
ton but has stirred a storm Of con-
hict.
Mr.. Churchill has described as "a
deliberate act of social aggression
the proposal to reduce from two
years to one the period the peers
may delay enactment Of Commons
approved legislation.
The municipal balloting comes at
q time Of new cuts In the already
skimpy food rations, of . govern
ment statement that the nation
must scale down its critically needed
housing program, of q dollar saving
ban on United States tobacco i'm
ports and Of generally deepening
"austerity."
Both parties gave close attention
to recent municipal elections in
France and Norway, both of which
showed trends toward the right.
Laborites See Some Losses
i Labor leaders here privately &C.
knowledged they may take some
losses. They said they doubted,
however, whether their opponents
could make inroads into "the hard
core" Of Labor voters, numbering
some 1000, 900 to 100000 who are
supposed to be steadfast party sup
/ porters.
Conservative party sources said
they expected big gains.
In parliamentary by-electtons
since 1s45, when Labor won It's big
majority In the House Of Commons
the Labor party has remained un-
shaken.
i In the event of q full-scale Labor
rout In the borough voting, which
appeared unlikely, nothing In the
British constitution would compel
the National government to resign
A rout followed by other evidence OF
important loss of support might dc
80. however, in the view of both
sides.
/ Voting Next Saturday.
Voters will ballot next Saturday
in the SO county boroughs" and
Il 300 "aoncounty boroughs" Of Eng
land and Wales, and the following
Tuesday in the "A large burghs'
and 1853 small burghs" Of Scotland
These units of Britain's complex
system of local government embrace
about 15,o00, 900 of the nations a..
000, 900 voters. The other 5000, 900
among whom anti-Laborite farming
people are q majority, are concen'
trated in urban districts" rural
districts" parish councils" and
parish meetings." which do not
vote at this time
Prime Minister Attlee claimed
another great advance" for the
Labor party after the last munich
pal elections q year ago before the
economic crisis developed. The
party scored a net gain Of 159 new