PROFESSOR ARTHUR LEWIS'S ARTICLE, 'A Policy for Labour,' in Socialist
Commentary, has caused a good deal of excitement. The Manchester Guardian devoted much of a leading article to it, commending in particular its attitude to nationalisation and profits. Two days later the Prime Minister taunted the Opposition with quotations from the Professor's article on nationalisation and profits, and said that he agreed with them. 'Here,' wrote the Guardian's Parliamentary Correspondent. 'Sir Anthony was at his best.' The next week the situation changed. Professor Lewis wrote to The Times rejecting sir Anthony's 'embrace'; the Manchester Guardian decided to serialise the article, and in a further leader described the Prime Minister's references to Professor Lewis as 'mischievous'; and the incident was tam elsewhere as showing Sir Anthony's ignorance of home affairs. This seems to me unfair. I do not think Sir Anthony was 'mischievous.' I think all he did was to rely upon the original leader in the Manchester Guardian.
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