File No. 763.72119/718
The Ambassador in Great Britain ( Page ) to the Secretary of State
[Received 3.25 p.m.]
6937. Mr. Arthur Henderson’s action without the sanction of his colleagues in the British Government regarding British participation in the Stockholm Labor Conference has resulted in his being forced to resign from the Cabinet. His successor will probably be Mr. George N. Barnes, the Pensions Minister.
[Page 753]In view of the misleading [sic] nature of Henderson’s speech at the labor meeting last Friday which appears to have decided the vote, it now seems very unlikely that British labor delegates will go to Stockholm in spite of Friday’s tentative decision to participate on condition that the conference be regarded as consultative only.