There were changes among Prime Minister Winston Churchill's help last week that fascinated many people but surprised no one. Most fascinating, least surprising: brilliant, leftist, politically inept Sir Stafford Cripps moved out as Leader of the House of Commons and Lord Privy Seal, left the War Cabinet.
Sir Stafford was invited to become Minister of Aircraft Production where results are measured in comparative statistics rather than in moral and intellectual values. Anthony Eden, who firmly regained his place as Britain's No. 2 man as Sir Stafford's light guttered in recent months, added Parliamentary leadership to his present duties as...
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