Goodbye Mr. Evans
The selection of Mr. S. N. Evans for the Parliamentary Secretary- ship of the Ministry of Food was one of the more surprising among several surprising appointments made by Mr. Attlee last month. The surprise has been justified. As a back-bencher in the last Parliament Mr. Evans gained a name as a rather angular individualist apt to make speeches embarrassing to his party. That may be well enough for a back-bencher, but if a Member ac:epts office as a Minister it may reasonably be assumed that he will behave as a Minister. The assumption has proved wrong in Mr. Evans' case, and he has not improved matters from his own point of view by windy talk about the farmers having got his scalp. He apparently intends some time to make a statement in the House of Commons. It may be doubted whether the House will be greatly interested. Mr. 'Evans has departed, and that is that. His successor, Mr. F. T. Willey, is quiet, unassuming, competent. He should do well.
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