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...holder of a D. S. C., Lord Marley is one of Britain's official war heroes. As chief Labor Party whip in the House of Lords, he is a thorn* in the side of onetime Laborite James Ramsay MacDonald who may soon travel to the U. S. again to dicker debts with Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Last week the debt policy of Scot MacDonald, who has never pretended to have a head for figures, was announced for him by his Chancellor of the Exchequer, arch-Conservative Neville Chamberlain...
...London the news was hailed as "best of the week.'' There was talk of Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald heading the British mission, which was calculated to arrive "March 5," in ample time to do any settling that might be agreed upon before June 15, next payment date...
...year showed Neville Chamberlain. Chancellor of the Exchequer, to be Britain's strong man but he was not yet on top; Laborite Ramsay MacDonald continues to head the National (Conservative coalition) ministry. Prime Minister Mac-Donald, more than any other official participant, was given credit for the outcome of the Lausanne Conference in July but there have been other conferences, will doubtless be many more...
...Learned that Lord Hailsham is the biggest talker in the House of Lords, with 265 columns of the Parliamentary Gazette to his credit for the short session from Nov. 3 to Nov. 17. In the same period Prime Minister James Ramsay MacDonald addressed only 83 columns of remarks to the House of Commons...
...they knew why. Ethel Snowden, who was not only a Governor of the B. B. C. but is vice-chairman of Covent Garden Opera Syndicate as well, is of course the wife of bitter little Viscount Snowden who resigned from the National Cabinet and broke with his old friend Ramsay MacDonald rather than accept the Ottawa tariff agreements. Appointments to the B. B. C. board are made by King George on recommendations of the Prime Minister. Appointed to Lady Snowden's place was Mrs. Mary Agnes Hamilton, onetime Laborite M. P., who has published an extremely flattering biography...