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...Tories, in a manifesto of their own, replied with a ringing slogan, "Invest in Success," coined by Chancellor Rab Butler. "After these few years of Conservative government," crowed the manifesto, "the economy is in much better shape and the nation in much better heart. Now we must harness these efforts to a new and powerful surge of national effort." Despite their confident tone, and a widespread prognosis that they would increase their overall majority in the House of Commons, from their present 19 to perhaps 100 seats, the Tories are by no means a shoo-in. As ex-Prime Minister...
Budget Day is a solemn, expectant occasion in the House of Commons. At 3:35 p.m., Chancellor of the Exchequer Richard A. ("Rab") Butler stepped up to the dispatch box and opened the battered, red leather case in which every British Chancellor since Gladstone has carried the British budget. He was greeted with Tory cheers, for with a general election a month away (May 26), they had hopes of good electioneering news...
Then everyone sat back for the dull part. Reason: London's Stock Exchange does not close until 4:30 p.m., and no Chancellor tips his hand until the day's trading is finished. Accordingly, Rab Butler started slowly. In 3½ years of Tory stewardship, he reported, real wages have risen 6%, earnings of industry 9%. production 10%. But "problems can spring from the very success which it has been our happy lot to achieve...
...Eden's recommendation, Queen Elizabeth will dissolve the present Parliament on May 6. Before then, Chancellor Rab Butler will present Britain's 1955 budget, and the House of Commons will press through the necessary legislation to enable the government to carry on until the new Parliament meets on June...
After Churchill was driven from office by the Socialists in 1945, Macmillan, along with Rab Butler, played a workhorse role in modernizing Tory doctrine and preparing the party's electoral comeback. His reward: the Ministry of Housing, where, working a 16-hour-a-day clip, he brought the building of houses in Britain from...