5 NOVEMBER 1948, page 5

Steel In The Dark

T HE close study of the Iron and Steel Bill is not a rewarding task. The opponents of nationalisation were already per- fectly sure, on perfectly good grounds, that the Bill......

From Chicago—" Dear Biographee, This Letter Comes To You As

the result of items in the world news or other indications of prob- able subjectivity to reference interest among consultants and other reference centers in this country." This......

A Spectator's Notebook

111HIS week's election in the United States has been generally described as the most exciting since 1916. That is certainly true, but for those who remember it 1916 still holds......

The Protest Of The Middlesbrough Footballer, Wilfred...

price (£3o,000) put on his head by his club focuses attention afresh on the extraordinary traffic in human beings which prevails in League football circles. The transfer fee......

A Visit Of Members Of The Finnish Parliament Of All

parties, from Conservative to Communist, is very welcome, for Finland is in many ways in a very difficult position and sympathy here with her is strong. Incidentally, moreover,......

Someone Who Holds The Agreeable Opinion That What The...

says today all sensible people will be saying in two or three years' time recalls that in our issue of March i6th, 5945, a letter pointing to the dangers of the veto provision......

The B.b.c. Eight O'clock News On Thursday Morning, With...

one waiting for more details about the still incomplete American election returns, did not so much as mention the American election. However, it told us about foot-and-mouth......

It Is A Pity That A New Career, Open Particularly

to women—that of Children's Officer under the Children Act which arose out of the Curtis Report—is not making a stronger appeal. The need for com- petent, understanding and......

The Impression Which Dr. Magnes, Who Died Last Week, Made

on successive commissions of enquiry on the Palestine problem was hardly second to that produced by Dr. Weizmann.. His presence and eloquence may have been less, but the......