1 OCTOBER 1943, page 2

Warnings On Health

The advent of October is a reminder that the fifth war winter is at hand. In the fifth winter from August, 1914, occurred an outbreak of influenza which was responsible for more......

The Famine In India

Reports from rndia indicate that the famine situation there is still serious/ The reasons for the shortage are not obscure. The abnormal increase in the population has far......

Ministerial Roundabout

As so often in the case of Cabinet changes recently, there seems to be at least as much to be said against the appointments consequent on Sir Kingsley Wood's death as there is......

Beveridge Delays

Sir William Beveridge presented his now historic report to the Government in November, 1942. In February, 1943, the Govern- ment in a series of muddled statements undertook to......

Women And The War

Six thousand women at the Royal Albert Hall, on Tuesday, were told by the Prime Minister that through war we had been led to an almost complete equalisation of the roles of men......

Coal And The Future

It is to be hoped that the forthcoming Parliamentary debate on the coal situation will let some daylight into a rather murky scene Commentators have lately been extravagantly......