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Emerging from the shadows of its pro-Chamberlain appeasement period, the Times last week was credited with throwing away its old-school tie. getting a bead on the 20th Century instead of the 19th, reclaiming its right to be called "The Thunderer...
Died. John Lawrence Baird, Viscount Stonehaven, 67, onetime (1925-30) Governor General of Australia; in Stonehaven, Scotland. Chairman of the Conservative Party from 1931 to 1936, he created a minor political sensation in 1939 when his fear that Chamberlain appeasement meant restoration of German colonies led him to refuse to be a candidate for the presidency of his local Conservative group...
Most remarkable fact about Britain's sea change, says Author Kraus, is not that Chamberlain gave way to Churchill. "More remarkable . . . seems the fact that the team that pulls Great Britain through the war has remained, on the whole, unchanged. The fighters of today are the petty politicians of yesterday. Eccentrics have become constructive. Revolutionaries are now pillars of state and society. Tories forget to wear the old school...
...Bless You, Mr. Chamberlain (We're all mighty proud of you. You look swell holding your umbrella. All the world loves a wonderful feller . . .). (This song is now out of print...
...from King Log to King Stork. It seems to me that leaders are much like wives. Sometimes you get a good one and sometimes you don't. Germany has the kind of leadership she wants. So have we (God help us). England had the kind she wanted in Chamberlain and now she has what she wants in Churchill. The people, not the times, are pregnant and produce their man. The times simply perform the male function...