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BRITAIN'S LEADERS-No. 1

Arthur Greenwood

-Minister

Without

Portfolio

A DECISIVE moment in Arthur

Greenwood's life came when ho was 40 years old. Perhaps it was a decisiva moment also for millions of other people.

Certain it is that had he not taken the step he took then he would not now have been in the War -Cabinet, would not have been one of British de- mocracy's great leaders, and would not have been

All the time he would have been straining at the leash in an attempt to break through one convention or tear down another. He would never have "kow-towed." A few years would have acen him either handing in his resignation or being sucked,

helping to fashion policy have brought rebellion. in the greatest crisis not only of his own country but of the world.

Restraint and routine would A hard und fast "system" could never have held him in, and he is not a man to pretend adherence to. a disci- plined obedience. He must be- leve. The quality of loyalty is displayed at its very highest in

hin.

Courage and comradeship you ean bracket together among his other attributes. Nothing dismays

daunts him.

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Twenty years ago (and the amazing vitality and "aliveness" of the man make it difficult to realise that he is now 60) he turned his back on what most people thought were dazzling pro- spects for him in the Civil -Service-and, instead,- joined—ing,-make-a-speech-in-the-House-of-

the headquarters staff of the Labour Party.

Many of the materially- minded almost threw up their hands in despair. Here was a man approaching the prime of life, possessing great gifts and given apparently grent opportunities.

There had opened out for him a pleasant vista of comfort and security. The sinooth things of lite lay waiting for him to pick up. Why did he let them le? The answer to that reveals the very

of Arthur Greenwood

essence

who became M.P. for Nelson and Colne in 1922, and has represented Wakefield since 1932. It was sum- med up only the other day in phrase or two used by a friend of his: "There has always been, and still is, too great flame in him for the pleasant things to count just because they are pleasant."

"The Star

Aumel

There is the key

to "Arthur" or "A.G." na his in numerable friends, variously call him. As a matter of fact, it is ex- tremely doubtful whether he would have made a good civil servant.

ANSWERS

1. Carbon dioxide,

2. Truc.

3. (3) a native guide in

the Near East.

4. (1) Harpo Marx (2)

Harold Lloyd (3) Bob

Burni.

5. A palette.

6. Seven.

7. Grand Army of the Re-

..public.

8. Destroyed.

9. O'Henry.

10. On a clock.

11. Turning water into

wine.

12 We do our part.

13. Three

14. (3) goat,

15. Eleven and

16. Divine.

17. False.

For years it has been quite n common thing for him to work on matters of high polley in the morn

Commons in the afternoon, travel miles to address a demonstration in the evening, travel all night to more meetings the next day, and then travel all the following night back to London to start work again early in the morning. That is "the flame" нате in him again, the urge al- ways to be "at It," the consuming enthusiasm which Rometimes frightens his friends lost be allows the fire to burn too fercely and continuously.

He is tall and thin, long- legged, and with a raking pur- poseful stride in his walk. His expression

essentially

FUNNY SIDE UP

one ninth.

Bite

-18, Cupid.

19. Soccer,

20. A legal term.

ARTHUR 'GReenwood aND HIS WIFE. friendly, his laugh ready, and his smile reassuring.

Is whitening hair is often long because only about once in six does he obey Mrs. Greenwood when she tells him to get it cut, But while he tells Mrs. Greenwood that he hasn't had time to have his hair cut, he has always a few minutes

to spare for those who come to him for help or counsel, I doubt if anybody has ever asked. him in vain for either.

Take

glimpses of him at work (which he generally is) and at a meeting, say, of. Committee of the Labour Party. He listens for awhile to a welter of facts and ar- guments.

Then suddenly he weighs in, cuts clear-mindedly straight through to the basic things, whother he is dealing with a "situation" or with

scheme. in

n Icw a detalled minutes the unnecessary

congl. derations are sloughed off, The matter under discussion takes shape becntise-of-bis-unerring- grasp of essentials, and the almost uncanny accumulation of Informa tion which he carries in his head while most other men would have to go to the library to get it.

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Here he is in the House of Commons, watching a debate, and then at the right moment intervening, either to state a case or lo answer one with fact and figure, argument and eloquence.

And here he is at a public meet- ing (preferably int Yorkshire where he is almost kloftsed) sweeping an audience of its feet.

By Abnor Dean

MOE'S MIRACLE SALES.

CADIS THOSE

IGLOVER MATCHS

TO

"We feature lower priced merchandise in our bargain-

sal maand mubasement, Madam!”

The eariler career of this couro- geous and comradely man must be briefly sketched, He was born in Leeds, became a pupil teacher, won a scholarship at Manchester

where University,

he studied science and took his B.Sc. Studied also history and economics, and be- came head of the department deal- at Hudders- Ing with economies

feld Technical College, and Lec- turer in economics at Leeds Uni- versity,

He came on from that to build up a reputation in Lon- don after the Great War on matters concerning recon- struction, relations between employers and employed,

adult education, profiteering, Trusts, health questions. In addition, he took charge of re- nearch for the Labour Party,

Bur-

When Ramsay. MacDonald formed the first Labour Governi ment in 1924, he was Parliamen- tary Secretary to the Ministry of generister Health. There was prise that he was not His loyalty showed itself then, and he worked unceasingly and suc- cessfully. In the Labour Govern- ment of 1920, he was the Minister, But if he had been appointed Par

be liamentary Secretary again would still loyally have taken it. Because, without selfishness without self-seeking, he wanted to

BRIDGE

Grand-Slam Hand

A correspondent has sent the following interesting hand. He does not say how the final bid of "Seven Hearts" was reached but anyhow South found himself play- ing that contract and West opened with the 4 of Spades.

★ A, 3, 10, 7, 5

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"Matters of Moment" By

Herbert Morrison"

Broadcast by Z. B. W. on a Fre quency of 845 k.e's, and on Short Wave from 1-2.15 p.m. and 8-11 p.m. on 9.52 m.c's. per second.

12.15 p.m. Short Service of Inter- cession.

12.30 Lucienne Bayer (Vocal) and the Orchestra Raymonds,

1.00 Local Time Signal and Wea- ther Report.

1.03 D. B, C, Recording"London." A somewhat mis-conducted tour of the Capital of the British Empire. Written and produced by 1, L. Morrow,

1.30 Reuter and Rugby. Press, Weather Forecast and Announce- ments.

1.45 Dance Mnslo,

A, K, B

8.7,5

, 4, 6, 4, 2

N

7,4

EW

I

4,10

Q2, 0, 4, 4, 3

10, 6, 3, 2

4

A, K, 10, 8, 8, 8, 3

7. 8, 2

tions.

K, 1, 4

Before reading the solution just tey It for yourselves

This is the way in which South played the band -

Went North

Fast South

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◆K ♦ 10

♡ I Now for trumps, and unless the opposing Honours drop in two roundi, ar West hai one of them bare and East can be finessed for the viber, the coniznet cannot be made,

2 Vi Ук ♡ ♡A

7

♡ 7 Bouth now begina his preparations for the "Squeeze" he sets to be his only solution:--

4 O 10

QA

✪ 2

02

5

ОК

6

42

◆ A

◆ B

观看

7 44 47

♡.4

42

D

4K

+3

D

0

10

10

8 OB

♡

At the eleventh trick South leads his

lass trump, and both opponents are squeezed because this is the position:-

确

10,0

趕

E

It does not matter how either East 02 West discards because neither can protect the other, nor in any way stop South from making a contract

he has al- serve. That is what ways wanted to do. He may have the suffered for it, but he has satisfying knowledge that his ser- vice has and

mitigated the sufferings

of millions of others.

ARE YOU SURE?

1. Ordinary ice is to water as dry ice is tạ -.

# 200

2. Europe is larger than

Australia. (true, false). 3. A dragoman is a (1)

keeper in

(2) knight who has just slain a dragon (3) na. tive guide in the Near East.

4. What comedians do you associate with (1) a red- wig (2) horn rimmed glasses (3) Van Buren County?

5. Docs an artist ere 4 palette or a palate for mixing his colours?.

6. On how many hills was

Rome built?

7. What do the initials

G.A.R. represent?

8. Matter can be changed

but never

9. What candy bar is named after America's most famous short story writer?

10. When is longhand quick- "er and more accurate than shortland? 11. What was "Jesus", frat

miracla? A

12. What was the motto of

the N.R.A.ZINNIG

13. If there were two dacks in front of one duck and two ducks in back of one duck, how many ducks would there be? 14. Mohair comes from a (1) horse : (2) camel (3) goat...

15. What is one third of

thirty-three

third?

and

ond

16. To err is human, to for

giva —————

17. Logarithm is a wedding

song. (true, false) 18. Who fell in love with

Payche?

19. What ball game does not ne-mit the use of the hands?

20, le a tort a legal, mothe- matical or chemical

2.10 Close Down.

0.00 An hour of Varlety. 7.00

Closing local Stock Quota-

7.30 London Relay The News. 8.00 Local, Tima Signal, Weather Report and Announcements.

8.03 The Columbia Symphony Or- chestra.

9.00 London Rejsy-This: News. 9.30 London Bolay-"Matters of Moment,"

Talk by Mr. Herbert Morrison, Minister of Supply.

9.45 Moussorgsky-Pletures at an | Exhibition,

Boston Symphony Orchestra con- ducted by Serge Roussevitaky.

10.17 The Don Cossacks Choir, Three Folk Songs (arr, Dobrowen), How Greatly Our Lord In Glorifled (Bortnjensky).

1027 Dvorak-Quartet in E Flat, Major, Op. 81.

Lener String Quarlet. 11.00 Close Down.

East Africa's Economics

NAIROBI, Aug. 6 (Reuter)-An East African Economic Council is be-

7.02 Dance Musio by Henry Jan-)ing formed to represent Kenya, ques and Ills Correct Dance Tampo) Uganda, Tanganyika, Zanzibar, Orchestra,

Rhodesia and Nyasaland in order to- nate an economic and com- policy. for war purposes, to enable speedy and vigorous nelion to be taken, in comprehensively plan- ning production of war necessities | and the marketing of surplus produce.

The territories will be invited to

ference at Dellil In October,

8.13 B. B. C. Recording "Music Iall Memories."

A talk by George Robey.

8.25 Old Music Hall and Variety attend the Imperial Economic Con- Favourlies.

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