5 NOVEMBER 1937, page 3

On Friday Sir Samuel Hoare Pointed Out That The Unem-

ployed man who got 28s. in 1929 gets 32s. today, and Major Tryon pointed to exports up from 365 to 44o millions since 1932. Sir John Simon, winding up on Monday, quoted J. A.......

On Tuesday's Liberal Amendment, In Spite Of The Able And

moderate opening speech from Major Lloyd George, in spite of the fiery eloquence of Sir Archibald Sinclair, pride of place on the Opposition side must go to Sir Arthur Salter.......

Taking The Week As A Whole, However, Top Marks Go

to Mr. Anthony Eden—not for the first time. Everyone had been shooting at him for the last many days. Noel Baker proved he was destroying the League, Lloyd George proved he was......

" Straight " News For Foreigners The Decision That Special

programmes are to be broadcast from this country by the B.B.C. in certain foreign languages represents what is on the whole a regrettable necessity. For many years this practice......

The Municipal Elections In The Municipal Elections Held...

Labour in the London Boroughs has obtained substantially the same measure of success which it achieved in the L.C.C. elections in March. In the Metropolitan area it gained 57......

Brains And The Birth-rate The Manchester Guardian This...

published an interesting survey of the numbers of students at the univer- sities, with particular reference to the possible effects of the falling birth-rate. Though the figures......

The Week In Parliament Our Parliamentary Correspondent...

House has spent most of the current week amending—or rather refusing to amend—the humble Address of Thanks for the Gracious Speech. The Labour Party, on Monday and Friday, told......

Next Week's " Spectator " Among Other Articles In Next

week's Spectator Sir Arnold Wilson, M.P., will write on War Graves as a bond of inter- national sympathy, and Dr. J. J. Mallon on the Carlisle Liquor Control system and its......