23 APRIL 1942, Page 4

The chairman of an eminent firm of publishers was eloquen

the annual meeting of his company last week on the need for paper for books to maintain the country's morale. I observe since then one of the firms the company controls has been s moned at Bow Street for the issue of a book alleged to obscene. Let me hasten to add that it has not been convicted; case has gone for trial and the ultimate result may well be acquittal. But Caesar's wife does not seem to be quite so pletely above suspicion as solicitude for the country's morale suggest.

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