Man of Action
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71HE new Minister of Transport,
Mr. Ernest Marples, brings to his job the driving force of a selfmade man who left grammar school, learned to be an accountant and, after the war, was the head of his own engineering company. He delights in seeing for himself When his company were rebuilding one of London's biggest docks, he went down in a diving suit to find out what went on under the water.
Mr. Marples is a classic example of the new Tory— the middle-class man who has made his own way and wants others to do the same. He is 52 but as fresh faced as a youngster of 30, and is full of enthusiasm and ingenuity which he will doubtless apply to the great road prograntme.
His entry to the Cabinet is a reward for his important work since 1951. He was Mr. Macmillan's deputy during the effort to attain a target of building 300,000 houses a year. At the Post Office, he distinguished him