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...question: "Should Cabinet Ministers write newspaper articles ?" has become : "Why does Lord Birkenhead do it?" In an article entitled "Murder," the noble lord expressed much philosophical sympathy with a man who kills a blackmailer to save himself and his family. In the Commons, the Premier was asked: ''Have you read the article?" and: "Considering that there is a bill before the House to abolish capital punishment, is not the article a matter of public policy?" The Premier laconically replied : "I very seldom read the afternoon papers," sat down...
...Earl Reading, Viceroy and Governor General of India, arrived in England on leave of absence to confer with the Secretary of State for India, Lord Birkenhead. It is the first time in history that a Viceroy has left India during his term of office...
...Reform of the House of Lords moved another step when Lord Birkenhead, Secretary of State for India, proposed that membership of the House be reduced from 700 to 300. The chief features of his proposal, which received considerable support...
Secretary of State for India: The Earl of Birkenhead...
...London that Mr. Baldwin would form his Cabinet (which has been sitting since its resignation in January of this year as a "Shadow Cabinet") much as above, with the exception that a place will be found for Mr. Austen Chamberlain, Sir Robert Home, Mr. Winston Churchill and Lord Birkenhead. Many and fervent were the hopes that Lord Curzon would decline, if offered, the office of Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs...