13 AUGUST 1948, page 3

A Watch On Petrol

The House of Commons Select Committee on Estimates justi- fies itself afresh by every new report it issues. The latest example deals with the use and misuse of petrol by......

Coal And Steel

It is no doubt a coincidence, but a singularly instructive one, that the same week should bring news of the worst coal output and the best steel output of the year. Though easy,......

The Olympic Spirit

The Olympic Games end this week, and there is no doubt at all that they have been a success. Despite weather varying latterly from the unreliable to the vile, attendances have......

A B.m.a. Commentary

The statement which the British Medical Association has issued on the respective rights of doctors and patients puts the general position accurately and fairly. It is prompted......

Washington Spy Stories

Though Congress has adjourned, the House Sub-Committee on un-American activities is continuing its labours undeterred by the temperature of a Washington August. If it were not......

A Great Public Servant

With the retirement of Sir Alexander Maxwell, Permanent Under- Secretary of the Home Office, WRitehall will lose one of the ablest, as well as the most untiring, civil servants......