FROM BLACK TO WHITE
:It',ALTHOUG1-1 the Spectator returns to its
normal length—if not page-size--this tolweek, to the printing dispute at the time of
oiwriting is as far away from a settlement as 'never—with additional complications pro- greiv oked by the ink crisis, and with civil war nobreaking out between some of the news- itPaPers concerning the question whose _..fault it all is; what was left of the old jclog-does-not-eat-dog principle now looks livery tattered. There have been some reeta-opeful signs: NATSOPA relented in time atqo let the dailies continue after the week- 10 end, and there were hints of willingness to compromise on certain differences over 3°.Idirect negotiation between employers and :ni.unions. But while the dispute continues, :,no journal can be sure what is going to )0thappen j; we can only hope that our ( lemergenee from ' black' to white will vi‘survive the stresses of the next few days. *
