A Message from the Lord Mayor
How much the City of _London means to Britain, to the Commonwealth and to the world. Its people were the pioneers of liberty, of religious tolerance and of civic government. What glorious incidents figure in its past history; what wonderful traditions have come down to us. Today, the City of London/resuscitated after the costs and damage of two world Wars, the centre of world trade, finance, shipping and insurance, is making tremendous progress in every direction. The second Elizabethan 'Age bids fair to become relatively even more brilliant than the first. Never was the City's importance so great, or its prestige so high as in this year of grace 1954. But Londoners have never rested on their oars; the liquid history of the Thames never stops flowing. Much remains to be done to attain the goal of our ambitions that London shall be rebuilt, the grandest City of the twentieth century. All must help if the result is to be such as will elicit praise both from present and future generations. Government Departments and sectional interests have all to play their part. This special number of the Spectator, drawing attention to those things that have been done and those things which still require to be done, will be published with my good wishes for its success and will, .1 am sure, be read by all those whose heart is in the great City of London.
The Mansion House NOtl. BOWATER
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