14 MARCH 1947, page 16

Payment By Results

SIR, —Surely your correspondent writes under a misapprehension. He says, "If the more efficient worker is to receive a bonus above the basic wage, either this will increase the......

The Canadian Spy Trials

Sta,—Mr. Harold Nicolson draws attention,to the Royal Commission's Report on the investigation into the Gouzenko affair in Ottawa. It is a document not only of great interest—an......

Sm,—the Spectator Has Returned—and We Are Told, In An Almost

casual note, that the suppression of the weekly Press by a piece of ministerial bluff "calls for the strongest protest." In the circumstances, the protest does not seem to have......

Greece And Russia

Sta,—Please be realistic atout Russia. If I were to shout at you for months, threatening to subdue you as I had already subdued your neigh- bours, would you say you were raising......

Economic Husbandry

Sra,—If I have misrepresented Mr. Orwin's little book, which is both thoughtful and charming, I most humbly apologise, and indeed rejoice to be told that my inferences are not......

Food For Europe

Sta,—We recently launched an appeal on behalf of the Friends Relief Service, the Aid to Austria Appeals Committee and the Ecumenical Refugee Commission, for the purchase of......

The Miner And The Nation

Sta,—Mr. Smart's rather dogmatic statements can only be proved by an expert investigation into the effect of mechanisation, ageing population and mines, wear and tear, and many......

Sir, —mr. R. C. Smart Expresses The Opinion That "high Wages

and good conditions in the mining industry have led to the miners' lack of effort." It would be most interesting to know what pits and mining villages he has investigated?—Yours......

"middle Eastern Drift"

Sra,—It has been pointed otit to me that my reference to the Governor- General of the Sudan in the article in your issue of January 10th on Middle Eastern Drift reflects......