Among the other Ministers certain shattered reputations are being steadily
rebuilt. Now that the ghost of Abyssinia has almost ceased to walk in the Palace of Westminster Sir Samuel Hoare is re-establishing himself in the general esteem as an admirable Home Secretary. Mr. Oliver Stanley's set- back three years ago in the matter of the Unemployment Regulations is practically forgotten and he wins golden opinions by his handling of the Coal Bill in Committee. These successes, however, arc by no means universal. The department that has come in for most criticism is undoubtedly the Air Ministry. But the Minister has found a refuge in another place, leaving an Under-Secretary to act as his whipping-boy in the House of Commons. No one regards that as a satisfactory arrangement, and the flood of criticism is not likely to abate.
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