27 MAY 1955, Page 8

EVERYBODY KNOWS that Sir Hartley Shawcross is adept at reconciling

party differences, but he broke his offvn magnificent record with ease when he made his conciliatory contribu- tion to the grammar school-comprehensive school controversy. `We must see,' he said, 'that a comprehensive grammar school type of education is made available for everyone.' That is what you might term a synthetic synthesis.

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