15 JANUARY 1965, page 9

The Future Of The Elephant To Read Robert Donovan's Book

on The Future of the Republican Party (Signet Press, 5s.) is enough to give any sort of Conservative the horrors. From John F. Kennedy's paper-thin majority in 1960, Mr. Donovan......

Opportunities For Graduates?

From MURRAY KEMPTON NEW YORK W HAT your Thirties used to call the dole, our Sixties now call the public welfare system. An unpleasant institution has become permanent; and thus......

Whose Kite?

Last week, with surprising unanimity, the editorials came out calling for caution in Malaysia. First the Spectator and Tribune, then the Guardian and the Observer. Even the New......

Walter Monckton It Must Be Rare For The Obituaries Of

a public man to contain so little criticism and so much affection as those following the death of Lord Monckton. But then, he was both the nicest and the least controversial......

Postal Delays

I suspect that one of the minor but significant factors in the frustration of exporters and busi- nessmen these days is the deterioration in the postal service. At 99 Gower......

On Playing Bridge

I seem to have annoyed Mr. Gordon Walker —and all because I observed that the real reason for his defeat at Smethwick was because he was a 'casual and inefficient Member of......

Next Week

AMERICA, 1965 • With contributions from H. C. Allen, Alan Brien, Sir Denis Brogan, Marcus Cunlifle, Ed Fisher, Murray Ketnpion. Drew Middleton, Goronwy Rees and Andrew Sinclair.......