11 OCTOBER 1940, page 3

More Evacuation From London

The task of providing shelters and homes for Londoners would be greatly eased if the population were thinned by evacuation. There is no longer room for doubt that all who have......

They Fail To Understand Why The Chancellor Of The Exchequer

should be in the War Cabinet now, if it was unnecessary four months ago. As for the new appointments of Mr. Herbert Morrison and Miss Wilkinson, they are frankly worried whether......

Mr. Bevan And Mr. Stokes Repeated Their Demands For A

clearer statement of war aims ; they may be right, but they would gain a more sympathetic hearing if they would make more constructive suggestions.......

Mr. Lees Smith Rightly Attacked The Intelligence Service...

the Foreign Office. Many others went uneasily away, not wanting to embarrass the Government at this stage of the proceedings, but it would be foolish to minimise the shock which......

* * * * The Reshuffle Of Ministers Has Received

a mixed reception. It coincides with the appointment of the new Conservative leader and with renewed demands for a change of Chief Whip. But the country is not interested in......

The Country Is Wonderfully United. London Has Shown A...

spirit for five weeks, but Parliament in two brief days has revealed that its meetings are indispensable. The searchlight of publicity must be kept on Government, criticism must......

Shelters—and Homes

Mr. Herbert Morrison and Admiral Sir Edward Evans have ken making extensive personal tours of air-raid shelters in London's most exposed areas, and Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, as......

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Parliamentary Notes Our Parliamentary Correspondent...

but not without some serious misgivings. The Prime Minister spoke with his usual eloquence and command of language, he defended Sir John Anderson and praised his successor, he......

The Rebuilding Of England

It is to be hoped that.Sir John Reith, who is to be head of the new Ministry of Public Works and Buildings, will realise that his task involves much more than vigorous......