14 FEBRUARY 1920, Page 2

On Wednesday in the House of Commons Mr. Brace moved

the Labour Party amendment regretting the absence of any proposal to nationalize the coal-mines on the lines recommended by the Sankey Commission. Mr. Brace declared that the Home Secretary had " pledged the Government up to the hilt " to give effect to "the Majority Report of the Commission." He ex- plained that if nationalization meant bureaucratic control like the control of the telephones, he would be entirely opposed to it. But in his opinion it did not He wanted nationalization because it would mean greater safety, more economy, and a larger output.