Dr. Maenamara informed the Grocers' Federation on Monday that he
-wotdd appoint a committee under the chairmanship of Lord Cave to inquire into the working of the Trade Boards. He said that while the Boards were not seriously criticized up to last summer, while trade was good, they had aroused increasing opposition since the depression set is He admitted that there,
might be some substance in the complaints that the Boards did not take account of varying local conditions, or of the state of trade. The time had come, he thought, for " a thorough overhauling of the whole machinery." The Minister agreed that it would be better to let employers and employed settle their own affairs without State intervention, provided that both aides were properly organized. But there had never been a serious strike in any industry coveredby a Trade Board.
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