Conservative whips, anxious to plot their party strategy for the ensuing parliamentary term, have threatened, blustered, begged the complacent Labor Government for some hint of the make-up of the soon-to-be-announced Budget. Did the Labor Party intend to retain the old protective duties on sugar, silk? How about foreign automobiles? Grinning Laborites refused to answer. Last week, onetime (1924-29) Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer Winston ("Winnie") Churchill joined the battle. Rising moon-faced from his bench, he glared over his wide wing collar at his successor, wizened Labor Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Snowden.
"Does the Right Honorable Chancellor," he boomed angrily, "intend...
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