Evening star., 1951-10-27
Eden Is Named
Commons Chief
BYChurchi||
Also Is Appointed
Foreign Minister,
Deputy Premier
BY the Assoeioied Press

lSter winston Churchlll appointed
himself Britain's Defense Min
lister today and assigned to An
thony Eden the jobs of Foreign
Secretary, Deputy Prime Minister
and leader of the House of Com
mons.
In so doing. Mr.. Churchill re-
stored the leadership which
Ipiloted Britain through World
War II. The Defense Ministry
will run the nations three-year
I$13 billion defense program and
thus is of the utmost Importance
to Mr.. Churchill.
Ailing King George vi approved
eight appointments by the new
Prime Minister this morning at a
special session of the Privy Coun-
ell at Buckingham Palace. More
appointments will be made later,
probably early next week.
Elected by Minority.
Downing Street sources said Mr..
Churchill named the men to his
key posts only a few hours after
taking over as Prime Minister be-
cause "of the critical foreign and
economic situation"
The new government, elected by
a minority vote, faces many crit
lcal situations, including the per-
sistent failure of the nation to pay
its way in the world trade by
which it lives. the threat of COM
munism and the defiant tweaking
OF the British lions tail by seq
ments of the declining empire.
The sharp division which splits
the nation as Mr.. Churchill takes
over was demonstrated by the factl
that although his Conservative
Party got more parliamentary
seats in Thursdays election than
the Laborites, they did so on less
of the popular vote. In other
words, more people-some 100000
Labor than Conservative,
but not in the right places.
Average Age Is Higher.
In addition to handsome, So
yea- -old Mr.. Eden, today's ap-
po-ntments include three peers.
two businessmen and two lawyers.
The average age of the eight and
Mr.. Churchill is 60l/9 years.
Clement Attlee's Labor cabinet
averaged SO TIT.
A short time after the an
nouncement Mr.. Eden walked into
the Foreign Office which he head
ed during the war years until the
Socialists swept into power in the
July, 1945, general elections.
To deal with Britain's grave
economic problems, Mr.. Churchill
named Richard Austen Butler. Mr..
Butler is a former Education and
Labor Minister. A 48-year-old
businessman. he has been one Of
the prime writer's of conservative
policy in recent years.
Britain's wartime food minister.
Lord Woolton, was appointed lord
president of the council and
given special supervision over the
ministries of food and agriculture.
Lord Woolton, a wealthy business
man, is chairman of the Conserva-
tive Party. He organized the last
two election campaigns and is
generally credited with building
the Tory vote getting machine.
Salisbury Heads Lords.
Mr.. Churchill pulled one of the
country's blue-bloods into the Job
Iof lord privy seal and leader Of
the House of Lords. He is tho
Marquis of Salisbury, So, descend1
ant of a 350-year-old line. Tha
lord privy seal usually is used by
the Prime Minister as a trouble
shooter. The job carries few for
NAL duties.
A former prosecutor at the
Nuremberg war crimes trials, SID
David Maxwell Fyfe, was given
two jobs. He was named homs
secretary. an Office responsible for
the internal security and policing
of the country. The 51-year-old
former attorney general also was
chosen as minister for Welsn
affairs.
This is a new post promised by
Mr.. Churchill as a means of Civ
ing Wales more direct route of
approach to the cabinet. Some
Welshmen for years have been
agitating for their own parliament
and home rule.
The same demands have come
from Scotland. and the Labor
government set up a special min
lister for Scottish affairs but not
for Welsh affairs.
Commonwealth Secretary Named.
Mr.. Churchill's wartime chief Of
staff, Lord Ismal, 64-year-old gen.
eral. became secretary for com.
monwealth relations. Mr.. Church,
Ill is seeking closer trade and po-
litical ties with the British Com
monwealth of Nations. Within a
few minutes after his appoint.
ment was announced, Lord Ismay.
in bowler hat and dark overcoat.