Show LABOR R FORMED MACD MACDONALD NAW 1 J LONDON LONDON J Juno June no 5 AP For AP-For For the second time in the history of Great BrU ith rrt ti the reins of government to today to to- da day were in iri the hands of the Labor patt party Ramsay say Macdonald whose party extraordinary a victory In J last st w weeks week's eks general election emerging emerging emerging ing with the largest membership inthe in lri inthe the l house o S of ot commons visited King KInK Georg George Georg at Windsor castle casU today and accepted his majesty's invitation to form torm a government Only Onh twenty-four twenty hours previously previous previous- ly Jy Stanley Baldwin Conservative prime prime- minister for the past five years rears had visited the kings king's sickroom sickroom sick sick- room in Windsor castle and tendered tendered ten ten- dered his resignation It was the he second time that Mr Macdonald I d lc had had b been called d upon p tc to assume direction of the government and marked an impressive in one of the most remarkable able careers ca ca- ca- ca in British politics From poverty poverty poverty pov pov- erty and obscurity he had risen In Inthe inthe the past quarter century to head the British government once and now DOW to be asked aSked- to head it again The British labor leader excorIated excoriated excoriated and ad nd defeated for parliament ten years jears ago for his opposition to the war had succeeded in winning back a seat to parliament in 1922 Today the party of Qt which he is isle le leader der holds votes in the commons com mons mons while the Conservatives hold and nd the Lib Liberals rals 58 with 7 scattered scattered scat scat- scat scat-I among other parties FORMING FORMING CABINET I IThe The formation of the new cabinet cabo cab cab- o met inet and the official transfer official transfer of the seals eals of ot office e remained t to be ac accomplished ac- ac but it was expected this would not be a long process and that the new new- government might even even- be functioning in Whitehall by the end of the week Mr Macdonald's visit to Windsor castle on his Important errand lasted something over an hour But Buthis Buthis his actual consultation with the king was understood to have o cu pled only about bout fifteen minutes This took place in his majesty's bedroom where he found King George sitting up in a chair to re receive receive re- re calve him Consultations among t the te e leaders of the Labor party were in progress t today day The national committee held a meeting to consider the situation situation situation sit sit- while a joint meeting of the theS S executive committee of this tiis body and the executive committee of the thep p pa parliamentary Labor party will wilt be beheld held later It wa was believed that the details of cabinet appointments me would be determined at t the session Meanwhile it was It-was- was announced that the Labor party executive committee commit tee has decided t to o open en immediately a a great victory and thanksgiving fund to commemorate labors labor s general general gen gen- eral cral elections elections- s successes D DECISIONS NS M MADE E Mr M donald arid and the labor leaders already have taken Im Import Important ort ort- ant anI decisions it JS JS' s authoritatively I understood with regard to the he immedi immediate im im- Im- Im medi mediate te plans of the the- new govern govern- ment meat Tho The f forthcoming sessions of ot parliament Beginning Aune June 2 25 will willS S last only g. g few weeks and the Labor party larty's s main legislative program will await the autumn session Meanwhile the labor government which attaches great Importance to control of tho the administrative machinery machinery ma ma- chinery or of the British gover government ment Will be able to carry out important policies policies' of Its program without leg leg- The foreign policy for Instance r Is p purely administrative in its method of application No legislation legislation legisla legisla- tion Is required to give effect to th the new governments government's intention to toS toT S T press ress for speedy completion of a it 1 disarmament t treaty eat and the convocation convocation convocation cation of ot a general disarmament c conference e. e Nor is legislation necessary necessary necessary essary to reestablish diplomatic re relations relations re- re lations Ia with soviet Russia Similarly in the domestic sphere much can be done by the administrative administrative adminis adminis- method with regard to housing education trade and andIn in in- Industry in industry industry the re reconditioning of ot railways railways rail rail- railways ways and overseas trade credits S The administrative machinery it itself itself it- it 5 self will be Improved effect being given at the tho earliest possible mOment moment mo- mo ment ment to Mr Macdonald's Macdonald s scheme for forthe the the creation creation of ot what has been de described described de- de U. U scribed as an economic general staff taff This calls for the work of ot the departments concerned with Industrial in industrial In- In and economic affairs being coordinated by a committee over S which the premier himself will pre pre- I S. S side This committee will consist of ofa I a nucleus made up ip o ot the chancelS chancel chancel- I S lor br of the exchequer the president presidentS 0 S of or the board of ot trade tradeS and the minister min mm- S S later ister of ot labor It t will be modeled S on on the committee of imperial de do- 5 |