Show Three Men Ready to T Tak Take ak Labor Sceptre When Ramsay Macdonald Lets It Fall By MILTON MLTON BRONNER LONDON NEA Who NEA-Who Who will succeed suc- suc to Macs Mac's crown Jim or Phil or Arthur That's the favorite rn topic of con these days das In the British house of or commons cloakroom An Anit's And its it's a 8 very ery important subject no not only for tor the powerful Labor Socialist So So- party but also for tor the nation nation na na- na- na tion at large for tor tho the man who suCceeds succeeds succeeds' suc- suc Ramsay Macdonald as ns leader of tho the party may some day soon soonbo be bo the second Socialist prime minIster min mm Ister later of Great Britain It is universally known that Macdonald Macdonald Mac Mac- donald is in bad health Ho has completely recovered from the breakdown he ho suffered while on a 1 trip to the tho United States some months ago His IUs British doctors doctors doc doc- tors have been urging him to take tako things easy but that is Ss not Ramsay Ram Ram- say lIay Macs Mac's wa way Ho lie does not spare himself HE PLAYS THE GAME lie Ho- HoIs HeIs Is in dally daily and nightly at attendance attendance nt at- at the tho Commons He lie is often otten on his feet teet taking part in tn inthe inthe the debates debales heckling the ministers with questions or making long am and Important set speeches Now the rumor has gotten about that he Is at the end of ot his tether that the burden of ot leader of ot the opposition opposition opposition I tion is too great for his present physical strength and that he is considering his resignation That being so only three names are being seriously canvassed as at possible successor successor Arthur Arthur Henderson headerson header Hender son flon and Philip Snowden each 64 U years old whereas Macdonald is 61 61 and J. 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U Thomas 53 Henderson is solid OUd Snowden rl fa brilliant and cynical T Thomas omas is oratorical good humored and generously popular popular- except with some powerful labor unions Henderson and Thomas are actual working men or have been Snowden like Uke Macdonald 1 is an In Intellectual Intellectual In In- who came into the Labor party through tho the doors of the In Independent Independent Independent In- In dependent Labor party part of which he was one of ot the tho founders and afterwards the chairman HENDERSON SATISFIED It is ts not believed that Henderson Hender Hender- son Is an active candidate for the tho job He lIe is secretary of ot the Labor party and one of or its beet best organizers organizers organ organ- and satisfied d with his hla job He was the first Socialist to achieve cabinet rank having joined Lloyd Georges George's coalition cabinet during the war When Macdonald formed the first Socialist government nt of ut Great Britain Uncle Arthur a as he lie Is la universally known was wall made home secretary He lie started out In life ute a as aa a a. m molder older and has been ident Identified Vied with the Labor party almost all aU his ute lire Hes He's a total abstainer an ar ardent ardent ardent ar- ar dent nt Methodist I and known as a sort sort- of ot lay 16 preacher As its the leader of ot th opposition he would be bo a solid speaker r. but not particularly good goodIn In ID Ina a hot d debate t u. u Snowden is quite a different tYPO type of man Injured in a terrible aCcident accident ac while riding hi his bicycle when a young man he lie U Is of ot very er frail fran physical strength and ha haw baa been for tor roars a a. martyr In the suffering he heMar heam Mar bears am without complaint Something like liko th the tho fire tIre of or political cal genius flame tn Sn the Hie man and when he be ari arises painfully tuU to hi his hilt feet teet the he HOUM of Common instantly fills up with member o of all n Par Par- ar- ar tie tle tits anxious to hear what he Ste ha has to say ay PRACTICAL STUDENT He II is at once onoe a student and a aman aman man with wItla a a. knowledge of practical affairs affair lie Ho proved it when wh be w- w WM ws chancellor of ot the tho exchequer under Macdonald HU III first budget for tor forthe tb tM the treasury was waa a personal tri tri- H H. H cut tu taxes at the tho same Mine time reducing the tho Impost Impacts poll a upon the tho commodities the poor uie t. tea au sugar etc Ic lI II I. I known In Iii th the llou lloa lions of Dt common commons a as a. one of ot th the matter masters of ot financial Th The only drawback to io hi his hla leadership I III ii i Ih ho he doubt whether hi his strength nith I could stand aund the tho train strain Jimmy Thomas Thom could easily eal met mt ert all aU physical calls call of the tho lead lead- ri Like Uk hi his bl fellow Welshman George he I Is III O overflowing oln w with h bubble and vitality By no moan means a profound student he ho nev- nev a always man manages manac to In o have h. II something interesting to tn say ay Ho Jr farto 1 to work when h he wa was 9 years cars ot of age became become a crack locomotive engineer on one of or the big railways and was afterwards elected and is still secretary of or the big railway mens men's union He lie was secretary for the tho colonies In Macdonald's Macdonald's Mac Mac- donalds donald's cabinet THOMAS HAS ENEMIES lie He tells a tL good stor story plays playa a rattling hand in a bridge game can con candon candon condon don a a. dress suit with the tho best of ot them and Is a tL skillful debater But Dut his party he has hns bitter blUer enemies The coal miners dont don't like Uke him because of or his outspoken clam cism ot or the miners' miners strike and the general strike of or 1928 IUS many of tho the general mass mus of ot the workmen dont don't like him because they think ho he shines too often In great grent social gatherings although his own union trusts him implicitly and gladly dl follows fol rol- lows where ho he leads It halt lias been said owing to the tho wild men In the tho Labor party part that Macdonald's l task of or leadership has haa been like liko driving wild horses H It Jimmy Thomas were leader his job would be bo one of driving wild tigers |