Word: bevinism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Labor Minister Ernest Bevin admitted: "We are behind with our airdromes and some of our factories." Onetime War Secretary Leslie Hore-Belisha, who would undoubtedly like to be Prime Minister himself, declared: "Productivity in factories and docks is falling at an alarming rate. . . . The tempo of our effort cannot be considered adequate when five months have to elapse between the fire of London and the outlining of a scheme for the coordination of the fire brigades...
Minister of Labor Ernest Bevin, who at his advent last year was widely saluted as a squarejawed, horny-handed son of toil who would assure tough, down-to-earth Governmental selfcriticism, was silent except for a two-minute talk on unemployment insurance. The only lengthy criticism was directed at Britain's tight press and radio censorship...
Last week some Britons found a wry symbolism in the fact that Labor Minister Bevin had taken to lunching among the well-heeled Conservatives at the swank Carlton Grill. Said the acute New Statesman & Nation...
...Bevin, a man of great reputation and full of character, came fresh to a Cabinet office and to the House. In an office which more than any other except the Prime Minister's requires ruthless determination to achieve his ends, even at the cost of his own popularity, Bevin seems too concerned with his own popularity and not clear enough in the lead he should give to labor. He has given vent to occasional outbursts against employers on the floor of the House, but he is very cautious about giving them orders, even on vital matters affecting production...
Later the tune changed. "In the public interest" Prime Minister Churchill (who said slyly when he first heard the news: "The maggot is in the apple.") delayed reporting to Parliament on the Hess incident. Then Labor Minister Ernest Bevin declared roundly: "I don't believe Hitler did not know Hess was coming to England. ... I have seen this kind of stunt over and over again. I am not going to be deceived by any of them. From my point of view Hess is a murderer. He is no man I would ever negotiate with...