6 MAY 1955, page 5

Portrait Of The Week

S Fleet Street settled into its pre-election stride, one newspaper could be observed ahead of the field : the News Chronicle, whose Gallup Polls coverage keep it well out in......

Who Is The Secretary Of State ?

An American correspondent writes : While the Secretary's penchant for what polite circles, from inability to employ a better phrase, call 'sharing responsi- bilities' should be......

Be That The Men Were Chancing Their Arm, Hoping To

stampede their employers into concessions or to alarm the Government so much that it would force the employers' hand. Naturally when this happens the public begins to cast a......