An Axe To The Civil Service
SIR,—The proposal to cut Civil Service staffs by 5 per cent. steps shows an odd lack of understanding of the problems of our administration. Business men with war-time......
Parliament And Church
Sla.—The statement in the paragraph under this heading in your issue of December 27th that "the plain intention of the Church of England Assembly (Powers) Act, 1919, was that in......
Gratitude With Grace
Slit,—For over a year I have been receiving The Spectator. At first I accepted it simply as a blessing from heaven, like we had accepted the " bombs " with foodstuffs the......
National Trust's " Dead Hand " ?
Snt,—The announcement of the tra.isfer of some notable estate or property to the National Trust occurs so frequently that we are getting to take it as a matter of course and to......
Letters To The Editor Ex-servicemen's Pensions
Sia,—The Spectator has done good work in raising the question of the adequacy of ex-Servicemen's pensions. An equally urgent problem is that of the disabled ex-Serviceman with......