Word: chancellor
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...Baldwin declared before the Commons that his Government had come virtually to the end of its powers of mediation in the strike. He indicated that if the miners would return to work on a regional agreement basis the Government would undertake to set up a national wage arbitration board. Chancellor of the Exchequer Winston Churchill appeared still piqued at the mine owners' refusal to accept the plan for settling the coal strike "on principles nationally laid down," which he evolved while Premier Baldwin was on his vacation (TIME, Sept. 20). Said the Chancellor testily, almost petulantly last week...
There is reason therefore to watch the informal meetings of French Foreign Minister Briand with Chancellor Streseman; and all the more reason because these meetings have been succeeded by equally surprising meetings between Mussolini and Austen Chamberlain. No one will yet whisper a word; but watchers will stare long at the graphic possibility,--England and Italy grouped, France and Germany joined...
Just before Mr. Baldwin's return the coal owners had definitely rejected the plan of compromise evolved in his absence by Chancellor Winston Churchill of the British Exchequer (TiME, Sept. 20). Fanciful stories were circulated in the British press anent Mr. Churchill's intense annoyance at the failure of his compromise. Underlings at the Chancellory of the Exchequer were represented as tiptoeing gingerly into his office and getting a dressing down for their pains. The coal atmosphere was thoroughly befogged. What would Premier Baldwin...
...Premier, ensconced behind the well polished brass knocker of his official residence, summoned Chancellor Churchill for a conference. Up to last week Mr. Baldwin had taken the attitude that the miners and owners would now have to settle their differences among themselves. Having conferred with Mr. Churchill however, Premier Baldwin followed up the avenue opened by the Chancellor to the extent of calling representatives of both the miners and owners to confer again with the Government...
Young "Winnie" did not lose social caste by this escapade. Chancellor Churchill, still winning in middle age, was thought to have gained prestige for the whole Cabinet by his acrobatics of last week...