Harold Macmillan, Chancellor of the Exchequer,
Succeeds Eden As Prime Minister of Great Britain
By TOM OCHILTREE
LONDON, WV-‘Harold Macmil
lan became Prime Minister yes
terday.
MacMillan at 62 is three years
older than Sir Anthony Eden, who
resigned Wednesday night with
the explanation that his health
prevented him from continuing
to give his full loyalty to the job.
Eden had served 21 months, a
comparatively short term for a
British Prime Minister, in suc
cession to Churchill.
Macmillan is an old friend of
President Eisenhower, and Brit
ons can count on him to strive to
repair the damage done Ameri
can-British relations by the inva
sion of Egypt.
He succeeds Eden both as the
Queen’s first minister and as the
leader of the Conservative Party
—a party torn by the results of
Eden’s venture into Egypt.
• Macmillan supported Eden’s
military expedition, at least to a
point, and does not command the
Conservative’s complete support.
Macmillan Chosen Over Butler
But in naming him her first
minister, Queen Elizabeth II
showed she believed he has wid
er support in the party than has
Richard A. Butler, whom many
politicians overnight had figured
as Eden’s successor. Butler fa
vored a softer line against Egypt
than Eden and many of his col
leagues too.
The Queen, before announcing
her choice, called in Sir Winston
Churchill and the Marquess of
Salisbury, two of the ranking
Conservative leaders. They like
ly recommended Macmillan over
Butler.
Macmillan moves up from his
post as chancellor ( of the Ex
chequer, the government’s key fi
nancial post. He will have a free
hand in picking the team he
wants to run the government.
Queen's Greatest Decision
Queen Elizabeth II made the
greatest decision of her reign.
With no clear successor to Eden
in sight, the decision was ulti
mately hers alone.
About 200 persons pressing
against the railings of the palace
seemed surprised when Macmil
lan’s car wheeled into the court
yard. A few seeing the car coming
toward the palace shouted: “Here
comes Butler.” Then as the car
came closer they gasped: “Oh, it’s
Macmillan.”
Macmillan steps into an eco
nomic crisis heightened by the
abortive British-French military
intervention in Egypt arid the
closing of the Suez Canal with its
consequent loss of oil for Britain
and western Europe.
He was a wartime associate of
President Eisenhower and has
used for a vacation the “Eisen
hower flat” in Culzean Castle, in
Ayrshire. The National Trust of
Scotland gave the flat to Eisen
hower in 1945 in appreciation of
his World War II leadership.
Mother Bom In Indiana
Macmillan’s mother was Nellie
Belles of Spencer, Indiana. Last
September he visited his mother’s
old home. At that time the chan
cellor of the Exchequer discov
ered he had left all his American
money behind. He had to borrow
coins to put in the collection
plate at the Methodist Church.
He was born in London, Feb.
10, 1894. The six-foot aristocrat
went to Eton and Oxford and was
a Grenadier Guardsman in the
first world war. He married Lady
Dorothy Cavendish, and they
have four children.
Churchill has called him a
“man of fearless intelligence.”
Leonard W. Hall
Resigns; May Get
Federal Position
WASHINGTON, Wt—Leonard
W. Hall announced today he is
resigning as chairman of the Re
publican National Committee ef
fective Feb. 1 and the White
House indicated broadly that he
will be given a position in the
federal government.
Hall issued his expected an
nouncement after visiting Presi
dent Eisenhower at the White
House.
Hall is a resident of Oyster
Bay, N.Y., and there has been
widespread speculation that he
may try for the governorship
next year.
Eisenhower had praise for
Hall’s service as chairman and an
expresssion of regret that he is
leaving.
Hall has been chairman since
April 10, 1953. Mentioned as pos
sible successors are:
Ray C. Bliss, Ohio State chair
man and chairman of the 21-state
Midwest and Rocky Mountain
State Chairman’s Conference.
L. Judson Morhouse, New York
State chairman.
Fred C. Scribner Jr. of Port
land, Maine, general counsel of
the Treasury Dept, and former
general counsel of the GOP Na
tional Committee.
Howard Pyle, fofcmer governor
of Arizona and now deputy assis
tant to Eisenhower for intergov
ernmental relations.
We Thought We'd Heard Them
AIL But Here's A New Excuse
OKLAHOMA CITY, UP—Rich
ard Nathan Longfellow’s remedy
for a toothache proved quite ex
pensive.
He was brought into municipal
court on a drunk driving com
plaint and explained to Judge
James Demopolos:
“I’m not a drinking man but
I had a bad toothache and I was
rinsing my mouth out with whis
key to make it quit hurting. 1
washed my mouth out four oi
five times and I guess I acci
dentally swallowed some.”
.He was fined $60 but served
notice of appeal.
Military Providing
Fluoridated Water
For Children
WASHINGTON, UP)—'The Army
and Air Force have taken steps
to carry out an order to provide
fluoridated water at military in
stallations where children live.
The Defense Department an
nounced its order last Aug. 30.
Since then, 10 major Army
posts have started fluoridation.
The process has been approved
for 10 other Army posts and will
be put into effect his year.
Fluoridation machinery has been
installed at four ‘additional Army
stations where the process will
get under way in the near future.
Other Army posts receive water
from municipal or other civilian
supplies which are fluoridated at
the source.
The Air Force has approved
fluoridation at eight overseas
bases and 15 bases in the U.S.
Army posts where fluoridation
already is in effect include Fort
Richardson, Alaska.
Firemen, Burned Up Because Of
Snub, Wreck The Police Station
NAGASAKI, Japan, UP)—Fifteen
firemen were arrested today on
charges of shooting up the police
station with high pressure fire
hoses after a riotous New Year’s
party.
A police spokesman said the
firemen apparently were irked
because the police chief snubbed
their invitation to the party.
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Former Waldorf1 Astoria
Head Waiter Fined $20,000
For Income Tax Evasion
NEW YORK UP)—A former Wal
dorf-Astoria Hotel head waiter
who failed to. put thousands in
tips on his tax return wan fined
$20,000 Wednesday. Arthur Havge
dorn, 54, also was put on proba
tion for 18 months.
He also could have been sen
tenced to up to five years in pris
on but was given leniency because
he paid $11,781 in taxes, penal
! ties and interest.
| His predecessor as Waldorf
j head waiter, Hans Paul, 65, was
S given a four-month jail sentence
and a $7500 fine last April on a
similar charge.
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Menus for the School Hot
Lunch program for Monday thru
Wednesday are as follows:
Monday: Chili and beans, car
rot and celery sticks, fruit jello,
! bread, butter and milk.
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cocktail, bread, butter and milk.
Wednesday: Bean salad, canned
corn, canned plums, bread, but
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Phoenix, Arizona Gets
Its First Rain In A Year
PHOENIX, Ariz., UPi — How do
people feel when it rains for the
first time in a year? Most are
pretty happy to see a break in
the drought. Some just have that
old rainy day feeling.
Newsmen gathered several
types of reactions Wednesday at
the end of a three-day rainstorm
which sent thpusands of acre
feet of water into the state’s re
servoirs and filled some streams
to their banks.
Postman E.W. James, who has
to carry the mail whether it rains
or shines, summed up the major
ity “A God’s blessing.”
Not so with switchboard oper
ator Clara Campbell, who said:
“My hair is curlier, my car is
cleaner. Otherwise, you can have
it.”
“I know we need it,” said Ray
Hackenberry, a grocer, “but I had
my fill back east.”
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Bluff. The term “poker” is dep
rived from a mispronunciation of
the French word “poque” de
scribing a somewhat similar
game.
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