15 MARCH 1957, page 5

Crime Always Pays

By RICHARD H. ROVERE official, the Vice-President is somewhere in darkest Africa, the Secretary of State is headed for the Antipodes, and Mr. Eisenhower is pack- ing his bags......

Power And Prestige

O N both sides to the engineering and ship- building dispute, the determination has grown to make a fight of it. This is not because of any particular rancour between them; nor......

Cross-country Intelligence

THERE were . . . 771 runners. —Daily Telegraph, March 11. ABOUT 700.—Sunday Times, March 10. (SANDo's) 599-odd rivals.—News Chronicle, March 11. SANDO won by . . . 50......

Mr. Thorneycroft's Opportunity

T AST April Mr. Gaitskell denounced Mr. Mac- millan's first Budget as 'a missed opportunity' ' and the Spectatoe, for different reasons, agreed. Mr. Thorneycroft has now jitst......