22 MAY 1947, page 2

American Arithmetic

The hopes and fears, rumours and denials, and ups and downs of American foreign economic policy are apt to cause such confusion that it is worth while pointing out that......

Wool Test Case

There is no point in mincing words about the proposal of the Robertson Bill to raise the United States tariff on imported wool from 60-75 per cent. to 110-125 per cent. If these......

The Lords And Bankside

The debate in the House of Lords on Monday added materially to the overwhelming weight of opposition expressed in every quarter to the proposed power-station on Bankside. Lord......

Readjustment After Moscow

One fact which becomes plainer and plainer about the Moscow Conference, as the air is cleared of disappointment and accumulated press comment and Foreign Ministers' desks are......

No Progress In Greece

Such hope as there was—and there was never very much—that the announcement of the Truman Doctrine would be followed by a speedier movement towards a peaceful settlement in......

Rates And Taxes

The debate on the Second Reading of the Finance Bill is over, and the last word, like the first, was Mr. Dalton's. The efforts of the Opposition to prove that, since the surplus......