Word: bevinism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Other members of the War Cabinet: Prime Minister Churchill, Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden, Labor Minister Ernest Bevin, Lord President of the Council Sir John Anderson (a high Tory with whom Sir Stafford Cripps may be expected to tangle), Laborite Clement Attlee, upped from Lord Privy Seal to Deputy Prime Minister & Dominions Secretary...
...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 himself. Chirped he: "I am willing to mix diplomacy with decisions, providing I always get the decisions...
Lost in the shuffle was Labor Minister Ernest Bevin, conservative Laborite who was built up in early war days as the "strong man" of the people. Offered a "new job," Ernie Bevin beamed, thinking he was to become production chief, then huffily refused the Ministry of Health...
...Baldwin '05 of the Civil Liberties League, and Sumner Welles '13. From education, Charles Beard and Robert Morss Lovett, neither of whom has ever received such an award because they have insisted too strongly on what they felt was truth. From abroad John Maynard Keynes, Harold Laski, or Ernest Bevin, of whom with their brilliance, achievement, and human leadership would be far worthier than last year's choice of Tory Lord Halifax. From America young Walter Reuther, who has pointed a new path in labor-capital relations, or the more established leaders of labor such as David Dubinski and Sidney...
Forced by the threat of three of its own Ministers to resign from the Cabinet (Minister of Labor Ernest Bevin, Home Secretary Herbert Morrison, Lord Privy Seal Clement Attlee), Labor cooled off. The wealth conscription amendment was rejected...