Promotion by Merit The minor reconstruction of the Government is
a welcome indication that youth is at last being given its chance. Mr. Stanley, Mr. Duff Cooper, Mr. More- Belisha and Captain ,Crookshank are all men who. came into politics after service in the War, Mr.. Stanley is only thirty-eight, and his elevation presents a break with the idea that has existed since the War, that none under forty is fit for Cabinet rank. The inclusion of Captain Crookshank is also a return to the old methods of giving the rewards of office to those who work the. hardest on. the back benches.- Too • many men have reached the Treasury bench recently on the strength of their loyal voting• records rather than on-the number and character. of their interventions in debate. Both Mr. Duff Cooper. and Mr. Hore-Belisha have also earned their promotion by the sheer weight of their debating ability and hard work.
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