London, Mar. 3.
The. appointment of the Secretary of State for Air, Lord Swinton, as Lord President of the Council in succession to Lord Hal is predicted this morning by both the "Daily Express" and the "Daily Mail" which count upon Lord Halifax retaining the office of the Foreign Secretary even after the Anglo-Italian negotiations.
The present Secretary for War, Mr. L Here-Belisha, is mentioned as the next head of the Air Ministry, the papers pointing out that such a shift would quieten the criticism of the Opposition over the fact that Lord Swinton, as a member of the House of Lords, cannot appear in the. House of Commons.
The papers intimate that Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, is also. considering further changes, particularly in the Admiralty and the Ministry of Transport—Trans-Ocean,
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