Word: beaverisms
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...Beaver had come to act as coordinator in the British-U.S. food and production setup. That was the official reason, at least. If there was any other reason, the dynamic newspaper tycoon, lately No. 2 man in Winston Churchill's Cabinet, said nothing about it. Neither did Downing Street; neither did Washington, officially...
Five weeks ago, the Beaver jumped or fell from the Churchill Cabinet. The brash baron who was born plain Max Aitken of Canada explained vociferously: "I am simply a sick man needing a rest." He has had bouts of asthma and temperament, inextricably mixed, for years. Between bouts (and during them) he helped convert British industry to wartime production, whooped up aircraft building, slashed British red tape, shocked and angered many an Old School Tie; he stepped up beside Churchill, as Minister of Production, did a whale of a job in upping British war production...
There was plenty for him to do in his new job. Badly needed was a mastermind to straighten out the tangle and confusion of Lend-Lease red tape and to synchronize U.S. production and purchasing with British and Russian needs. The Beaver knew how to cut red tape. Whether the brilliant, bumptious outspoken millionaire was the right man to handle all the delicate bric-a-brac of human relationships involved was something else again...
...that only last month Lord Beaverbrook had loomed as the powerhouse in British politics. In Sir Stafford's rise and Beaverbrook's fall there was a curious political paradox. Though Lord Beaverbrook played an infinitely more important role than Sir Stafford in improving Anglo-Soviet relations, the Beaver had to make way for the people's choice. But Canadian-born M.P. Garfield Weston (a biscuit tycoon) had another version: "We are told that Lord Beaverbrook has gone because he has asthma. But he has had asthma for 20 years. ... I believe he has left because...
...this, Parliament and the nation were disappointed with the powers given to Lord Beaverbrook as Minister of War Production (TIME, Feb. 16). Although Beaverbrook's job was compared to Donald Nelson's in the U.S., it was clear that, at best, the Beaver will have only a half-Nelson on war production. Power over labor remains the primary concern of his rival, Ernest Bevin. The Supply Ministers will still answer to Parliament and may appeal over Lord Beaverbrook's head to the War Cabinet. About the only person who seemed satisfied with the appointment was Lord Beaverbrook...