Show t r T E f f t r Give 1 tier Ell Eli r Britain's Labor Boss Inspires War Worker Editors Editor's note not Head of Britain's Brit sins ain's ministry of labor is bulky Sir Ernest Bevin whose work In his field has ha greatly affected England's affairs for tor three decades decades dec dec- ades and never ne more than now Here hero follows the second of two stories giving you OU a striking In Intimate Intimate In- In Intimate profile personality-profile of the theman man By HUGH WAGNON LONDON UP Pillboxes UP-Pillboxes Pillboxes flank the high board fence which runs In front of Montagu House a former former for for- mer ducal mansion and on the fence are large posters exhortIng exhorting exhort exhort- ing lag Britons to Dig for Victory and Train to Win VIn There might well be another poster proclaiming Man at Work For the graystone palace of the duke of Buccleuch now is the workshop of Minister of Labor Ernest Bevin bulky boss of allBritain's all allBritain's allBritain's Britain's workers men and women alike The glitter is gone from the pillared marble-pillared halls frescoed walls and great doors of the Montagu House and replacing It ItIs Itis itIs Is the shine of a busy well kept office reflecting the genius of one of the hardest working men in the world Work Like Ell Eli Work Vork like ell elI Bevin frequently frequently fre Ire thunders with a trace of cockney at Britain's workers You bet we will Ernie they chorus In reply When he be bellows Give ell eli they roar back their ap ap- approval ap- ap The robust Bevin who by dint of dieting has cut his weight 30 pounds down to dislikes the dictatorial powers which have been accorded him over labor for the duration of the war Twenty five years ago at the first meeting of the Trades Union congress he outlined the plan for fora a ministry of labor but he never envisaged granting of the powers he has today British labor familiar with his years of work In their behalf feels sure he will be a benevolent lent ent dictator who Is looking to toa toa a postwar future In which labor will have a greater voice in Britain Ii He lie Likes to Work Bevins Bevin's achievements In his field have grea greatly ly affected the course of British affairs for three decades This he attributes to work which is his vocation relaxation and even his hobby He labors to the exclusion of all ordinary amusements because he says he enjoys what he is doing Yet he does not bustle He is self assured and decisive and never gives the impression of belag be be- ing lag under pressure or tension An likened him to a bus that runs on schedule but doesn't try to break speed records His early life as a farm boy is reflected in Bevins Bevin's conviction that he has overslept If he Is not out of bed by in the morning He then has a cup of tea or orange juice reads the newspapers newspapers pers eats breakfast goes through official dispatches and the sched ule e for the day dav and arrives arrive At t j hiS nis office as the overnight porters por par tens are leaving Correspondence First With a force of six secretaries one private stenographer and eight to ten general stenographers pliers he quickly disposes of correspondence correspondence cor cor- and Is ready to meet callers His office Is large and Its Us furnishings furnishings fur fur- correspondingly massive but as one enters it is difficult to note anything except the In intent in- in tent brown eyes peering behind big rimmed horn-rimmed glasses across a large mahogany desk Come in sit down Bevin calls caUs looking squarely at the visitor but as a rule never rising to greet him He watches Intently as the caller caUer crosses a large arge Persian carpet When questions are asked him he carefully restates them hem In his own words then gives an answer He likes to talk about his work and his voice grows fatherly when he refers to my people and my dockers God bless em I CL H vw He seems convinced of the fact that British workers are his particular subjects The right side of his lined deep mouth twitches at times when he launches Into the subject of ot what we have got to do or what you have got to do or what we are doing His replies to questions a rul rule terse often colorful are as and after he has hIt the bS the na nail o on head with a phrase he ne sits back and waits or for word the next question This the point speaking king manner of makes snakes his callers brief and belles belies the ried ned H and ties relaxed apparent the mn man appearance of find fin War f Cb cabInet net meetings always Bevins Bevin's seat filled He is not slow disagrees to speak his mind if he with Prime Churchill i Lord Beaverbrook Minister r others or with whom he often has disagreed in the past Once after Beaverbrook gave a roseate report on plans for aircraft air- air aircraft walking craft production to r the thc Churchill door with remarked Bevin That mans man's a absolute magi magician clan magicIan an ln Bevins Comeback but but That you may know be bc BevIn v clans clan's what a magi magi mati stock In trade is What asked Churchill Illusion laughed Bevin and strode a away ay I 5 L 1 Ernest ln Be When news comes that pro pr tion is lagging In some fa Bevin visits every the plant stopping by benches and quizzing worin- worin How are you What's wage Are you happy happy- T complaints He fires these questions qt q ly and it is said of him tha that remembers every detail until It is Workers show enthusiasm him and when he visits facto ne lit i is Ji us LI utley IlVy Never a member of until he was named labor i al Ister Bevin is regarded as as' as sagacious Hi HU His he hors hon trading tactics have won many a victory around the c c r ference tables of they have won him many si less victories for his boys i More Tower rower for Labor He is highly regarded by t thO th tories who know him and and not fear him Many agree Wit k his thesis that labor abor must 1 h b T more say in the shape of ot BrIt 1 after the war and that op opp oppi r must be equalized in lEi iii ridden caste land whose r h ruler Jer come from 2 per cent of tf Of population able to attend pu c schools which are strictly strictly- i.- i. 4 Bevin Is proud of the B Br I workmen's record in war and he praises them for their efforts effort u unit d air raids 1 Production has not been ii 11 as much as we leahe lea leai he said for one thing bee because when their own plant is bo bor bod iD d workers redouble their efforts to get even with f It steams em up when brings home to them that Is s their war Bevins Bevin's once black blacki blackmail Ji- Ji I. I streaked with gray suo nOIa there are snowy patches a at temples He wears clothes I Iber ko kober ber in contrast to his ch manner and his long sometimes shows under socks sock a 02 alegs legs resembling English oa oaks oak Likes Good Food 1 He smokes bl l cigars or a pipe and has an r fondness nd ss f for ta tasty une Allie JY he Is wont to amuse guests with witha a fund of dinner after-dinner stori virtually every dialect known know to Is England i When he leaves the mini rn often as late as 9 p. p m rn he be heto g to his middle middle class class hotel w wite e ehe he and his wife live Jive in ro which have no private b bHe bath He often takes unfinished t thome home with him Once he ie e a nervous breakdown t. t to overwork r rHe He frequently is talked o of Britain's next prime prim mini but when a friend once K Khim ask him about this he replied I want to win the war wa get back to my union 1 t tI I |