Cabinet

Richard Bedford Bennett and his political friends marched into Rideau Hall, Ottawa's Government house, last week, shook hands with His Majesty's proxy, Governor-General Viscount Willingdon.

Bachelor Bennett, eager for work, presented himself not only as Prime Minister, but as Secretary of State for External Affairs and Minister of Finance. Others in his Cabinet, sworn in last week:

Sir George H. Perley--Minister Without Portfolio.

Edgar N. Rhodes--Minister of Fisheries.

Senator Gideon Robertson--Minister of Labor.

Hugh Guthrie--Minister of Justice and Attorney General.

Henry H. Stevens--Minister of Trade and Commerce.

Dr. Robert J. Manion--Minister of Railways and Canals

E. B. Ryckman--Minister of National Revenue.

James A. MacDonald--Minister Without Portfolio.

Arthur Sauve--Postmaster General.

Col. Murray MacLaren--Minister of Pensions and National Health.

H. A. Stewart--Minister of Public Works.

Charles H. Cahan--Secretary of State.

D. M. Sutherland--Minister of National Defense.

Alfred Duranleau--Minister of Marine.

Thomas G. Murphy--Minister of Interior and Superintendent of Indian Affairs.

Maurice Dupre--Solicitor General.

W. A. Gordon--Minister of Immigration, Colonization, Mines.

Robert Weir--Minister of Agriculture

Prime Minister Bennett pointed with special pride to his Minister of Labor. Unemployment had been a prime campaign issue. Senator Gideon Robertson is the man who coped with unemployment for Canada the last time it grew serious (1920-21).

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