5 JANUARY 1940, page 7

Economic Strategy

Scarcely a day passes without some fresh evidence that proves the need of a more strenuous and intelligent prose- cution of the war on the economic side. Two letters have......

Rationing

As soon as it became necessary to limit the consumption of certain kinds of food rationing became inevitable, and its postponement was undesirable. In time of war, with the......

Rising Prices, Rising Wages

There is no economic question of more vital importance to this country today than that of the so-called " vicious spiral " of rising prices and rising wages which is now under......

The Plight Of The Building Trade

The prosperity of the country during recent years has to a large extent depended on the activity of the building trade. A sudden cessation of building has the immediate effect......

The Search Of Neutral Mails

The vigorous protest made by the United States against British interference with American mails in American or other ships should be read in the light of the undisguisedly......

Eire And The I.r.a.

The recurrence of I.R.A. -activity in Eire has been fol- lowed, with commendable swiftness, by the introduction by the Government of Eire of an Emergency Powers Bill, em-......