Evening star., 1950-02-25
Election
Continued From First Page.)

SenCeQ Dy tne King Will nave 10
be debated and if Mr.. Attlee loses
the vote on this debate, tradition
would require him to resign. That
would mean new national elec-
tions.
After this mornings cabinet
session, Mr.. Attlee was cheered
outside No. 10 by a crowd of
about 1000 persons. He then
jumped into his car, with Mrs.
Attlee at the wheel, and left for
Chequers, the Prime Minister'S
country residence, As miles east
of London. He is expected to
see the King soon, perhaps this
week end, to discuss the situation
resulting from the elections.
The Conservative Party's "shad-
ow cabinet" the men who would
have been ministers if Winston
Churchill's Tories had won, will
meet Tuesday to map strategy.
Mr.. Churchill and his chief dep
uty, Anthony Eden, conferred to-
day at Mr.. Churchills home in
Kent.
Scottish Laborite Beaten.
In the only result to be an
nounced today. Capt. ]. Macleod,
an Independent Liberal. regained
his. seat In the Scottish district of
Ross and Cromarty. He got TO-
912 votes against Laborite A. c.
Reid's 6,521. In 1945 Macleod
ran as National Liberal, a party
allied with the Conservatives, but
this time he is not committed to
follow rigidly the line of any party
in the House.
Results in four other Scottish
districts will be announced Mon
day. In another. in Manchester,
the death of a candidate makes
a by-election necessary.
The winning party plans big
victory celebration tonight to CO.
incide with observance of its 50th
birthday.
Socialism Threatened.
A strong comeback bid by the
smooth Conservative party ma
chine, although defeated, came SO
close to winning that Labors
mandate for giving Britain more
Socialism and more nationaliza-
ton of industry is seriously
threatened.
An untouched record of 81 per
cent of Britain's qualified electors
had cast total of 28.582 ,901 votes.
One way Of avoiding the threat
of new elections to more clearly
define the lines would be forma-
ton of a coalition government.
But leaders of both major parties
have come out fatty against work.
ing together in a peacetime gov
ernment.
Liberals Can't Turn Tide.
The Liberal Party, whose all
out effort as a resurging holder OF
the balance of power failed, can
not turn the tide for either party
with the meager showing it has
made. Traditionally anti-Social-
ist, it appeared unlikely the Lib
erals would support Labor unless
naturalization is dropped.
In view of these factors, fore
casts were general that the Labor
Party would soon resign, either
by choice or of necessity.
One factor played up by Con-
servative commentators was that
more Britons actually voted
against labor than for.
Mr.. Attlee's party got 13,209. 400
votes. Mr.. ChurchilIs party got
a close 12,408,808 votes, which
added to the Liberals 2,610,276
and other smaller parties out
numbered the Labor vote by near
ly 100000.
Socialist Curb Seen Desired.
The British press, predominant
ly Conservative, viewed Labor's
new shaky position as grave in
the face of Britain's economic
troubles. Most newspapers said
the election showed that John
Bull wants to curb socialism.
Newspapers of all political hues,
however, agreed that Mr.. Attlee
would try to stay in Office for the
time being while making few
cabinet changes.
The independent London Times,
the Conservative Daily Telegraph
and Lord Beaverbrook's Daily Ex-
press all said another election
within a year seemed unavoidable.
The Conservative Daily Graphic
said another election is expected
within three months"
The Labor Party's own mouth
piece, the London Daily Herald,
remarked: cit is clear the gov
ernment cannot continue long
with such a slender majority"