7 JUNE 1930, Page 2

The Unionist Central Office Mr. J. C. C. Davidson has

resigned the Chairmanship of the Unionist Party. The correspondence between him and Mr. Baldwin shows that the whole work of the Central Office and the duties of the Chairman are to be reviewed. Mr. Davidson was much criticized, though loyally defended by Mr. Baldwin, but the criticism will have to be modified if it is found that the work of the Chairman was, in Mr. Davidson's words, "too much for any one man." Probably it will be decided that no future Chairman can combine his duties in the Office with those of a member of Parliament. The Times thinks that the appointment of an ex-member of Parliament would meet the case, as personal knowledge of the House of Commons is essential.

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