10 JANUARY 1947, page 2

Fewer Civil Servants ?

The directive issued by the Cabinet to the various Ministries to prepare reports on their staffing position is a response to recent criticisms of the swollen size of the Civil......

The Signals At Red

Recent happenings on the British railways have brought out in relief the seriousness of a problem which cannot await the passing of the Transport Nationalisation Bill. There is......

One Field-marshal

The visit of the Chief of the Imperial General Staff to Moscow has let loose such a flood of speculation about the motives of the British and Soviet Governments that it has......

The Fighting In Viet-nam

Until M. Moutet, the Minister for Overseas Territories, returns to Paris to report it is probable that in Viet-Nam political considera- tions for the future will come a poor......

Production

It is rumoured that one of the subjects discussed at the meeting of the National Joint Advisory Council on Wednesday was a new White Paper on manpower and production to be......