Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 157, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 July 1917 — POST FOR MAN HE DERIDED [ARTICLE]

POST FOR MAN HE DERIDED

Lloyd George Picks Old-Time Political Foe Because He is Best Man for Job. 4 London. Premier Lloyd George picks his subordinates in curious ways. On account of the food scarcity and the need for increased production, the premier was hard put to think of a suitable man to fill the post of president of the board of agriculture. A political colleague, overhearing Mr. Lloyd George speak of his difficulty, said to him. “I know the very man you want for agriculture.” “Who is that?”'asked Mr. Lloyd George. “Prothero, of course,” was the ply“Prothero, Prothero,” exclaimed Mr. Lloyd George. “Let’s see, isn’t that the man I had a controversy with — the man I once called the duke of Bedford’s butler, or something of that sort? Why, that’s the very man I want.” —•• Roland E. Prothero was an oldtime political foe of the premier’s, but that made no difference so long as he was an efficient man for the post.