13 JULY 1944, page 2

Mr. Gandhi's Latest Proposals

It is absurd to suggest, as has been suggested in some quarters, that Mr. Gandhi's latest proposals for present co-operation with Moslems, and subsequent independence, come near......

Tile 'book Famine

It would be difficult to over-estimate the importance and urgen of the situation in the book-publishing trade dealt with in a repo issued by the Publishers' Association. Mr.......

Facts About The Coal Miners

Before yesterday's dtbate in the House of Commons on the Estimates of the Ministry of Puel and Power, members had in their hands valuable statistics published as a White Paper......

Town And Country Planning

The debate on the first reading of the Town and Country Planning Bill was to some extent clouded by the intrusion of questions belong- ing to the wider policy of planning which......

Opera At Covent Garden

It is exciting news that a serious attempt is to be made to re-establi Covent Garden after the war as a centre of opera and ballet worth of the highest musical traditions. The......

The Conquest Of Saipan

The conquest of the island of Saipan is a significant achievement in the now rapid offensive which the Americans are pressing against the Japanese in the Pacific. It was made......