.a Happy Event
The agreement on Persian oil under which an international consortium will operate Abadan on a forty year lease from the Persian Government appears to save everybody's bacon. (It......
Another Symptom
• The appearance of gentlemen called Oberlaender and Preusker in the administration of the Federal Republic is one symptom of a return to normality. The strikes in Hamburg and......
On The Spree
Featured on the back page of The Times, in the next picture to five, strapping, brown Egyptian channel swimmers, Mr. Attlee, Mr. Bevan and Dr. Summerskill looked sadly under-......
Magic And Politics In Paris
• On Tuesday night, M. Mendes-France won a vote of con- fidence on his bill for special powers to carry out his economic programme, and he won, with a bit more of a struggle, a......
Stabilising The Balkans
The signature at Bled of the Balkan alliance between Greece. Yugoslavia and Turkey, although it does not carry with it any- thing more than a consultative commitment on the part......
The Dignity Of Labour
Nineteen hundred dockers at Southampton went on strike last week-end because there was work to be done on Saturday afternoon. Saturday afternoons are for football. So passengers......
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