The Daily Herald has announced that the General Council of
the Trades Unions Conference and the Executive of the Labour Party have resolved " to assist the Daily Herald in its efforts to secure a larger circulation by reducing its price to ld." " These two national bodies," we are told, " found means to enable the paper to be sold at a Id. as from Monday, January 23rd." In order that the Joint Movement may have a voice in determining the policy of the paper, 1Y.r. R. B. Walker and Mr. Arthur Hender- son will consult with the directors of the Daily Herald on matters of policy. Finally, we are informed that these arrangements are temporary. We surmise that they will last at least till the General Election is over. For our part we hope, however, that they will last much longer. It is obviously desirable that there should be a daily journal expressing the opinions of organized Labour, and if responsible bodies share in framing the policy of the paper the ordinary reader may begin to know where he is. The introduction of influences from Ecoleston Square will probably cause the Daily Herald to move a little more to the right. But whether that be so or not the chief gain will be that the Daily Herald will speak on behalf of a tangible party.
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