From Lord Beaverbrook                    
 
                          7th July 1943.                    
 
                       Dear Mr. President,                  
 
                                                            
 
 
On my return I see a marked decline in the fortunes of the 
      Labor Party. It finds itself debarred, by its participation in 
      the Government, from wide criticism of the war effort, while 
      the praise of victories goes not to its leaders, but to Churchill. 
                    It is a body in a vacuum.               
 
                                                            
 
 
That decline is emphasized by the position of Herbert Morrison. 
      The Party at its annual Conference tried to humble him, and succeeded 
      in exalting him. His defeat by Arthur Greenwood for the Garry 
      Treasurership has raised his prestige, so that he stands now 
      in the public esteem second only to Churchill. He is in fact 
      the actual leader, even though Attlee is the titular leader of 
                         the Labor Party.                   
 
      Churchill is safe and well in the political arena. He will remain 
      in high authority, provided he does not get too certain. But 
      that is unlikely. He had too many years of opposition and unpopularity 
                      to make that mistake.                 
 
                                                            
 
 
Acland, the leader of the new Common Wealth Party, is not 
      making headway. The Christian Communism which he preaches has 
      its attractions in wartime. The Bishop of Bradford is the Chairman. 
      And though His Grace has never shown himself a maker of Party 
      leaders, he has the glory of launching the movement which made 
                       a King into a Duke.                  
 
                                                            
 
 
I have seen Gilbert Winant. They say that he looks like Lincoln. 
              But I think he looks like Nancy Hanks.        
 
                                                            
 
 
How very much I liked the weekends you allowed me to spend 
      in your company. They are the lasting memory of my visit to America. 
   And I am frankly looking for another invitation another d
 
              Your dutiful follower resident abroad,        
 
                                                            
 
 
                       The President,                       
 
                               Max                          
 
                         The White House,                   
 
      Washington, D.C.