FURTHER CHANGES IN CABINET

Chronicle (Levin), 8 October 1947, Page 5

FURTHER CHANGES IN CABINET

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— Reuter,

MR. ATTLEE SHIFTS BALANCE OF POWER FR01 "OLD GUARD " TRADE UNIONISTS

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Received Wednesday, 10.45 a.m. LONDON, October 7. The Prime Minister, Mr. Attlee, tonight announced an-" other list of Cabinet changes and, counting last _ week's changes, he has dismissed six senior and six junior Ministers. Mr.' Attlee has shifted the balance of power in Cabinet and theMinistries away fromAhe "old guard" trade unionists in favour of the more radical and intellectual side of the Labour movement, sayvS Reuter's. He has reduced the average age of the whole Ministry.

No. 10 Downing Street annou'nced the Cabinet changes as follows: Mr. E. Shinwell becomes War Minister without a Cabinet seat and Mr. Hugh Gaitskell replaces Mr. Shinwell as Fuel Minister. New appointments are: Lord Privy Seal, Viscoirnt Addison; Secretary for Commonwealth Relations, Mr. Phillip Noel-Baker; Secretary for Scotland, Mr. Arthur Woodburn; Secretary for Air, Mr. Arthur Henderson; Minister of Supplv. Mr. G. R. Strauss; Minister of Pensions, Mr. George Buchanan; Lord Advocate, Mr. John Wheatley. These five Ministers have resignod: Mr. Joseph Westwood (Minister oi State for Scotland i , Lord Inman (Lord Privy Seal), Mr. F. 0J. Bellenger (Secretary for War), Mr. John Wilmot (Minister of Supply) , and Mr. J. B. Hynd (Minister of Pensions ) . The new junior Ministers are as follows : Joint Parliamentarv Secretary for the Ministry of Agriculture, Mr. G. A. Brown. Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Coloniai Office, Mr. David Rees-Williams. Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Ccnnmonwealth Relations, Mr. Patrick Gordon Walker. Parliamentary Secretary for the

(Fuel Ministry, Mr. Alfred Robins. Parliamentary Under-Secretary ifor the Home Olfice, Mr. K. G. Younger. | Assistant Postmaster - General, 'Mr. C. R. Hobson. Joint Parliamentary UnderSecretary for the Scottish Office, iMr. J. J. Robertson. i Joint Parliamentary Seeretaries ■for the Ministry of Supply, Messrs. ' John Freeman and J. H. M. Jones. i Parliamentary Secretary for ' Town and Country Planning, Mr. E. M. King. ! Secretary for Overseas Trade, Mr. A. G. Bottomleg. Parliamentary Secretary for Transport, Mr. James Callaghan. I Financial Secretary to the War j Office, Mr. Michael Stewart. ; Cabinet is reduced from 19 to 18 memb'ers. More than 30 Parliai mentarians are involved in the 1 changes. The following is a full list of the Cabinet members: Mr. Attlee, Mr. Herbert Morrison, Mr. Ernest Bevin, : Mr. Hugh Dalton, Sir Stafford : Cripps, Mr. A. V. Alexander, Lord .Addison, Lord Jowitt, Mr. Chuter j Ede, Mr. Creech Jones, Lord Listowel, Mr. Noel-Baker, Mr. Woodburn, Mr. George Isaacs, Mr. Aneurin Bevan, Mr. Tom Williams, Mr. Tomlinson and Mr. Wilson.