PAGE
FOUR
PARTY
STANDINGS
LITTLE
DIFFERENT
IN
PARLIAMENT
Electoral
Truce
Has
a
Bearing
On
Membership
But
Political
Activity
Flares
Anew
With
Victory
in
Sight
By
JOHN
DAUPHINEE
(Canadian
Press
Staff
Writer)
LONDON,
Dec.
20
(CP)
The
structure
of
party
;
membership
in
Britain's
House
of
Commons,
bolster-'
,
ed
by
a
war-time
electoral
truce
which
soon
will
end,
,
has
retained
much
of
its
nrimnnl
shnnp
in
thp
in
wnvs
-
-
-
-
va
-
.
v
a
w
J
"
J
since
the
nation's
voters
chose
their
parliament.
Deaths,
appointments
and
elevations
to
the
peerage
removed
some
zuu
01
uic
unm.
mon's
original
615
members
from
the
lower
chamber,
but
the
standing
of
major
parties
Is
still
strikingly
similar
to
what
it
was
when
the
House
was
elected
in
1935.
Now
there
is
a
resurgence
of
party
political
activity
as
the
war
against
the
Germans
nears
an
end,
and
Prime
Minister
Churchill
has
said:
"I
have
a
clear
view
that
l
would
be
wrong
to
continue
this
parliament
beyond
the
period
of
the
German
war."
...The
indication
is
that
the
election,
when
it
is
held,
will
be
contested
by
each
party
During
1944
tne
trend
of
par-
On
the
basis
of
the
199"
by
elections
since
1935,
it
would
appear
the
public's
choice
of
mem
-bers
is
much
as
it
was
when
the
last
election
was
held;
but
by-elections
are
not
a
fair
criterion
for
there
has
been
no
recognized
party
warfare
since
the
war
began.
The
major
parties
agreed,
following
formation
of
the
National
government
which
still
continues,
not
to
contest
one
another's
seats
as
they
became
vacant.
The
result
is
that
none
of
Labor's
new
seats
has
been
won
In
wartime
and.
Conservative
losses
during
the
five
war
years
have
been
to
independents.
...
Government
candidates
were
successful
In
every
by.election
of
the
first
2Vi
war
years
and
in
many
cases
they
won
their
seats
oy
acclamation.
The
electoral
truce
has
many
faults
but
it
symbolized
the
nation's
unity
and
was
honestly,
If
not
always
happily,
observed.
The
early
months
of
1942
were
dark
ones
in
the
war
theatres
and
at
home
considerable
dissatisfaction
was
ex-
pressed
with
the
Churchill
gov
ernment
and
especially
with
Its
llamentary
debates
changed
In-
uve
majority.
But
with
stead
stead
of
of
emnhnsizin
emphasizing
th
the
,
nm.
prose
.
Improvement
in
the
war
situ
cution
of
the
war
they
turned
to
the
problems
of
the
peace
to
come.
The
legislation
passed
dealt
almost
exclusively
with
reconstruction
housing,
national
insurance,
education
and
the
restoration
of
bomb
damage.
Churchill's
Travels
.
But
for
the'
administration
the
war
has
been
the
primary
responsibility.
It
was
Mr.
Churchill's
year
of
greatest
travel.
He
met
President
Roosevelt
.it
ation
opposition
has
not
been
so
serious
and,
although
inde-1
pendent
candidates'
and
mem-!
bers
of
the
war-born
Commonwealth
party
received
considerable
vote
support,
the
Conser.
vaUves
have
lofttfonly
two
by-elections
since
1942.
both
to
Commonwealth.
A
point
of
interest
In
con
nection
with
by
-elections
is
that
three
members
of
the
present
war
cabinet
and
three
other
annul
senior
ministers
jnuii&iers
have
nave
come
come
mi
into
?nn
.
Hlt
.
V0SCr,Calr0
.
the
Commons
since
the
last
el
and
rti,v
Italy,
nnrl
iuMpp
tn
Prnnpo
'
-
ecuon.
auer
us
UDerauon.
An
unofficial
survey
of
Com
mons
membership
shows
a
gain
The
war
cabinet
members
are
Sir
John
Anderson,
chancellor
I
Of
thp
PXrhpfltlPl"
Inhni-
flr
of
25
seate
for
the
Labor
party
ister
Bevln
and
Production
In
the
last
10
years
and
a
loss
of
15
for
the
Conservatives.
Liberal
Nationals
lost
five
seats,
Liberals
gained
two
and
mlscel.
laneous
and
independent
parties
gained
13.
This
table
gives
the
picture:
1935
1944
Conservative
387
Labor
154
Liberal
National
33
Liberal
17
Miscellaneous
24
362
169
28
Minister
Lyttelton.
The
other
trio
are
Sir
James
Grieg,
war
secretary;
Sir
William
Jowitt.
minister-designate
of
national
insurance;
and
Sir
Andrew
Dun
can,
supply
minister.
EXPECT
TOURIST
TRADE
PORT
OF
SPAIN,
Oi
is
loking
forward
to
an
im-
FOOL
PENNY
HOLDERS
LONDON,
)
New
pennies,
the
first
minted
since
1940,
are
being
circulated
in
Britain
but
the
coins
are
being
darkened
artificially
by
chemicals
to
make
them
look
older.
If
this
weren't
done
people
would
hoard
them
to
put
into
Christmas
stockings.
PRIORITY
IN
AIR
TRAVEL
War
Correspondent
Tells
of
"On
Again,
Off
Again"
Adventures
By
DOUG
HOW
CR
War
Correspondent
ATHENS,
Dec.
20
0
We
type
this
Athens
dateline
with
an
air
of
triumph
because
there
is
a
certain
moral
conquest
In
get
ting
here.
Let.
therefore,
be
told
a
tale
of
ensnarled
adventure
involving
Jeeew
and
alrolanes.
an
ambition
to
get
here
and
meth
ods
of
defeating
that
malevolent
mark
of
our
time,
the
system
of
priorities,
to
do
so.
The
priority
is
an
essential.
Its
outward
expression
Is
that
of
a
nurref
pencilled
on
the
ticket
that
will
take
you
places
aboard
one
of
the
Dakota
aircraft
which
amble
across
the
Mediterranean.
From
the
front
to
Rome
is
a
re
portant
tourist
trade
after
the
jhi
1.
t
J?!h
"
commerce
tept
the
jeep
asWlport.
If
it
37
has
asked
the
government
to
in-
haDnens
to
rain
with
rn
nntnmn
vestlgate
the
possibilities
with-
intensity,
as
it
did,
you
snend
out
delay
and
the
tourist
board
somewhere
around
10
hours
hud-suggests
advertising
campaigns
.
died
amidst
its
protective
Inade-
uv
uujrwwiiraianm-
ouacies.
You
reach
Rome
and
lumnauon
Dureaux
in
Canada
and
the
United
States.
there
you
are
thrown
into
the
great
game
of
chance
and
priori-ties.
You
will
go,
you
are
told,
on
Thursday,
with
a
priority
three
Ycu
report
Thursday
and
are
told
the
flight
is
weathered
out
You
will
go
tomorrow,
same
flight.
But
you
decide
to
beat
the
first
rap
and
jeep
to
Naples.
That's
another
six
hours
In
rain-harried
jeep.
But
you're
one
up
Have
a
"Coke"
Merry
Christmas
.
.
.
adding
refreshment
to
holiday
cheer
The
spirit
of
good
will
rules
the
Christmas
season.
It's
a
time
to
get
together
with
friends
and
family.
There's
a
whole
story
of
hospitality
in
the
three
words
Have
a
"Cokt"-
three
words
that
express
a
friendly
spirit
the
whole-year
'round.
Yes,
Coca-Cola
and
the
pause
that
refreshes
are
everyday
symbols
of
a
way
of
living
that
takes
friendliness
for
granted.
NORTH
ST
All
BOTTLING
WORKS
Anlliorlzrit
Itottlrr
of
"Ciicn-nila"
PKINTR
UtTr.HT
THE
DAILY
NEWS
WEDNESDAY
TINY
TOTS
BUILD
"HOUSES"
AT
NAVAL
WELL-BABY
CLINIC
-
First
day
of
Navy
week
marked
the
opening
of
the
first
nursery
for
ch
ldren
of
ratings
of
the
Royal
Canadian
Navy
at
the
Naval
Well-Baby
Clinic.
H.M.C.S.
"Stalacona,"
Halifax.
Building
houses
at
the
pastel
blue
work
table,
are
Genevieve
Reichert
and
Sumn
Bell.
They
are
the
daughters
of
Chief
Petty
Officer
and
Mrs.
Ernest
Bell.
0
Macara
St.,
Halifax
and
Chief
Petty
Officer
and
Mrs.
Philip
Reichert.
of
Winnipeg,
now
living
at
31.
Philip
St.
Halifax.
(Photo
by
Lieut.
Arless,
R.C.N.V.R
)
in
the
game
of
priorities.
I
to
yourselves.
This,
you
chortle,
In
Naples
they
say
there's
not
is
certainly
a
triumph
for
the
a
chance
until
Saturday.
On
threes.
Saturday
you
flv
into
Bari.
You
'
Thpn
von
i-inri
t
nr,thp
find
the
British
ofXicers'
hotel,
Italian
airdrome
and
you
shud-
jammed
with
people,
many
or
der
slightly
with
reawakened
In-them
involved
In
priorities
be-
feriorlty.
The
trip,
you
find,
has
cause
Bari
is
one
of
the
great
the
primary
purpose
of
carrying
gateways
to
the
Balkans
and
the
a
dismembered'
artillery
spotter
Middle
East.
piane
to
Greece.
You
will
oc-
iWore
Priority
Twos
,
cupy
the
room
that's
left.
The
Until
5
o'clock
Saturday
yon're
ground
crews
toll
for
hours,
to
travel
on
Sunday's
plane
for
Athens.
Then
three
priority
twos
sally
in
and
you're,
out.
Until
late
Sunday
the
crportunKles
for
Monday
hold
high.
Then
a
load
of
machinery
comes
from
some
where
bound
for
Athens
with
the
fateful
priority
two.
You're
out
again.
'
From
a
fell6w
priority
three.
a
fast-sinking
English,
major,
comes
the
information
that
a
cluster
of
p
rlorlty
two
brigadiers
is
now
at
hand.
Then
suddenly,
the
clouds,
lift.
There
is
a
special
plane
heading
for
Athens.
Four
of
you
threes
clamber
aboard
with
heightening
eg(j.
You
have
the
passengers'
compartment
almost
shoving,
squeezing
the
little
spot
ter
Inside
the
Dakota.
Then
you
climb
Into
the
room
that's
left,
possessed
by
a
satis-field
humility
and
marked,
you
think,
forever
with
the
Indelible
imprint
of
a
priority
three.
classified
Ads
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get
results.
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