4 APRIL 1941, Page 3

It was interesting to watch the speeches with a knowledge

of the industrial background of the various speakers. Thus when Sir Cyril Entwistle or Mr. Hammersley or Mr. Hamilton Kerr spoke there was inevitably cotton as well as concentration in the back of their minds. Mr. Leslie Burgin, and particu- larly Sir George Schuster, emphasised the need for the careful treatment of industries which were not organised in associa- tions or indexed in Board of Trade files. Sir George Schuster wept further, and made some interesting suggestions about the future organisation of industry, pleading for more manage- able units so that Government could maintain better liaison.

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