19 JUNE 1959, Page 7

A Spectator's Notebook

LITTLE CAN PROFITABLY be added to what the Spectator said last month on the sub- ject of the printing dispute. We are not a party to it, except in the sense that we have a decided interest in its outcome : we can only hope that the intransigence so far shown by both sides will not develop into bloody-mindedness, as such disputes sometimes do. For our part, we have so far been lucky. The task of printing the paper has been greatly facilitated by the co-operation of management and labour at our printer's; for which we are most grateful. Unless there is some un- expected last-minute development, however, this will be the last normal issue of the Spectator for

. . who knows? It may be a matter of days, perhaps of weeks, before a settlement is reached. Pending it, we will do what we can to produce a Spectator that will not be too unworthy of the name; but we would like to crave the indulgence of readers for any delicimcies.