WHEN SHOULD the Chairman of the Conservative Party make an
indifferent speech instead of a good speech? The answer, according to 'Peter- borough' in the Daily Telegraph, is : 'When he is speaking on the same day as the Prime Minister.' The Telegraph, which seems to have a dislike of Lord Hailsham that I can only describe as feminine, takes him to task for steal- ing the Prime Minister's thunder in the afternoon by making such a rousing speech in the morning, winding up the conference. It graciously says that 'it would be silly to see in all this more than the natural exuberance and histrionic gifts of Lord Hailsham,' but it hints that Mr. Macmillan was also displeased by the performance of the Party Chairman. Personally I very much doubt it. I should think that the better Lord Hailsham's speech the more delighted the Prime Minister would be. If, on the other hand, he shares the Daily Telegraph's feelings and objects to good speeches, he has an easy remedy. He can make almost anybody else in the Cabinet Chairman of
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