MR HUDSON’S POSITION
RESIGNATION NOT DESIRED BY PREMIER. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, January 30. The Parliamentary Secretary to the Department of Overseas Trade, Mr R. S. Hudson, called on the Prime Minister today and it is understood that, in view of the resignation of Lord Strathcona as Under-Secretary for War, with whom his name has been associated in recent Press reports of representations by junior Ministers to the Prime Minister on the progress of rearmament, Mr Hudson, offered to place his resignation in Mr Chamberlain’s hands. Mr Chamberlain saw no reason to accept the offer, and asked Mr Hudson to continue in the Government. Accordingly Mr Hudson will remain with the Department of Overseas Trade.
A report of rebellion by younger members of the Ministry, accompanied by threats of resignation, appeared in the “Evening Standard” on December 19. Those mentioned?were Mr Hudson, the Marquess of Dufferin and Ava. Un-der-Secretary for the Colonies, and Lord Strathcona. The replacement of Lord Strathcona by the Earl of Munster was reported yesterday.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 February 1939, Page 5
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