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Election
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Labor Ministry went to Sir Walter
Monckton, so. Sir Walter acted
for the Duke of Windsor when he
abdicated from his throne as King
Edward VIII in 1886 to marry
Wallis Warfield Simpson.
Sir Walter was Solicitor General
\ in the "caretaker" government in
1945 and is considered one of the
country'S ablest attorneys.
Oliver Lyttelton, So. is the new
colonial secretary. A businessman,
II he has wide experience in trade.
finance and industry, and has
: served as president of the Board
) of Trade.
Council Is Highest Court.
y In addition to their cabinet
posts. Lord Ismay and the Labor
{ Minister were named to the Privy
= Council, Britain's highest court of
t appeal.
! Thus began tie new govern
ment of Britain after precisely six
2 years and three months of social
: ism
S During those years since he was
l cast from the postwar leadership
5 of the country, Mr.. Churchill has
maintained a shadow cabinet"
of men ready to take over high
ministerial posts should the Con-
Iservatives return to power.
Aware of Difficulties.
Mr.. Churchill became the Kings
first minister fully aware of the
towering obstacles confronting his
administration.
There lies before us a difficult
= time. a hard time" he said in his
E first post-election statement.
= But I do not doubt we shall
win through because we shall use
y not only party forces but that
, growing sense of the need to put
t Britain back in her place"
The party forces at his dis
. Iposal are not very substantial.
Moreover, Mr.. Churchill's party
came to power with fewer votes
than were polled by the defeated
Socialists. Virtually complete
totals gave:
/ Conservatives, 13,655,595.
4 Labor, 1887, 1922.
The Socialists got more votes
than any party in Britain ever
received and still stood as Britain's
major party.
The Conservatives won by cap
turing more seats, getting many
OF them on narrow edge while
the Laborites were compiling use
lessly huge totals from mine and
factory areas.
War of Attrition Possible,
Mr.. Churchill's' slim majority in
the House was an inviting target
for renewed Tory-Labor sharp
shooting.
With 620 seats decided, Mr..
Churchills party held an overall
edge of ID seats in the House of
Commons. That was slightly bet
ter than the six-to EIGHT majority
; with which Mr.. Attlee retained
power for 20 months.
,, But the Conservatives have
never before matched the strict
Socialistic discipline for attending
: House sessions and toeing the vot-
ing line. The Socialists could well
declare a war of attrition aimed to
: wear down the Conservatives,
. whose regime would fall if beaten
! IN the House on a major issue.
o Mr.. Churchill himself set such
: an example to wear down the La
orltes. He kept the House late at
night to vote on technical issues.
and forced snap votes on major
8 policies. Many a night sick La
: borltes came on crutches and even
I. IN ambulances to save the govern
: ment from beating on a critical
I. ballot.
The effect his slim control of
Z the House may have on Mr..
8 Churchill's attempts to revise the
= pattern of Socialist legislation af-
!. fectlng business and industry pre-
sented the aged statesman with a
l. set OF difficulties matching those of
J. the government he displaced.
!. Foreign Issues to Be Faced.
> Along with domestic problems,
). Mr.. Churchill's government fell
: heir to an array of unsolved for
i. elgn issues. They included Trans
= = oil. Egypt's claims on the Suez
Canal, strained relations with the
B Soviet Union, and establishing
i closer relations with the United
.. States.
Many political observers in Lon
j. don expect one of his first acts to
e be flight to Washington to re-
view policies of the English-speak-
: ing nations.
Changes in the pattern of do
i mestic economy and modifying the
n economic actions of the Socialist
J. government are expected to be put
! forward more slowly.
= If Mr.. Churchill runs into heavy
weather in the House, he has two
+ remedies for his small majority.
3 Most Liberals Are Rightists.
&. He can attempt to make a deal
$ with the five Liberals elected to
$ the House. Most are right-wingers
st st who might work with the Tories
ii He also could carry out his
:. party's pledge to restore IL House
lg seats to the universities. These
\. seats were abolished by the Labo,
- government in a redistricting act
1e passed during it's first postwa,
y term of Office. on the ground they
o. allowed professors and UNIVERSITY
- graduates two votes-one where
they lived and one for the uni
8, versity member.
u Winners of these seats were
5; predominantly Conservative. O,
~ right wing independents. If Mr..