NEW L.C.C. MEETING

ELE.CTION OF CHAIRMAN

At County Hall yesterday the new |London County Council mrt for the first

time since the elections. Mr. Herbert iMorrison, Lord President of the Council, and Lady Latham were among the visitors.

Alderman John Cliff was elected chairman of the Council. Mr. Harry Smith was elected vice-chairman, and Mr. Frank G. Rye, for many years Conservative representative of the Abbey Division of Westminster, was elected deputy chairman.

Mr. 1. J. HAYWARD (Labour) proposed and Miss FULFORD (Conservative) seconded a motion that at the next meeting a committee of selection of eight persons should be appointed to advise the Council on the dates of its subsequent meetings, the standing, special, and other committees to be appointed, the constitution of each committee, and other matters. The names proposed were six Labour members, including Lord Latham, and Mr. Henry Brooke, leader of the Conservatives, and one other name to be supplied.

LORD LATHAM submitted the names of 1,067 officers and employees of the Council who lost their lives during the war and it was agreed to hold a memorial service in St. Paul's Cathedral, subject to the consent of the Dean and Chapter, on a date to be arranged.