11 OCTOBER 1940, Page 3

* * * * The reshuffle of Ministers has received

a mixed reception. It coincides with the appointment of the new Conservative leader and with renewed demands for a change of Chief Whip. But the country is not interested in party politics, nor in balancing Ministerial appointments. They welcome Col. Moore- Brabazon as Minister of Transport not because he is a Con- servative, but because they think he is competent and pro- gressive. They are glad that Sir Andrew Duncan is Minister of Supply because they like his mastery of industrial matters and his freedom from politics.