6 OCTOBER 1939, Page 6

The publication in Tuesday's Times of an article by Sir

William Beveridge lends point to a question which is being asked in some perplexity. Is it really the fact that the Government has no use today for men like Sir William himself, who was Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Fbod in the last War ; Sir Arthur Salter, who was Director of Ship Requisitioning ; Sir Walter Layton and Mr. Maynard Keynes, both of whom rendered services of the highest value as financial advisers? In one of these cases health may be the reason, but there are many—far too many—like them.