28 APRIL 1939, page 3

The State Of Air Raid Defence The Air Raid Defence

League's second Bulletin is an admirably lucid sketch of the general framework of civil defence as a whole, into which technical, social and economic problems fit. To achieve......

The Announcement Of The Military Training Bill On...

no one by surprise. The House was more crowded than for Budget Day, but when it became known that there would be a debate on Thursday, it was realised that the real hostility to......

Members Were In Their Cuszomary Masochistic Mood On...

They had come prepared for the worst, which most people envisaged as another 6d. on the income tax. But there was hardly any criticism of the Chancellor's pro- posals. Only the......

Sir Nevile Henderson's Departure For Berlin Aroused A...

of controversy on Monday. Opinion was evenly divided between those who felt that this would be taken as a return to the policy of appeasement, and those who regarded it as......

Spinsters And Pensions The Advocates Of Pensions For...

55 have not yet carried their case. They have, however, persuaded the Committee on Pensions for Unmarried Women that there is a good deal to be said for that case. The......

The Cabinet Shuffle The Ministerial Changes Announced On...

seem to testify to a fixed determination on the part of the Prime Minister not to raise the modest level of ability and distinc- tion in his Cabinet at any cost. Public and......

The Week In Parliament Our Parliamentary Correspondent...

Minis- terial appointments can hardly be said to have been received at Westminster with acclamation. Indeed, the announce- ment that Mr. Burgin was to be made Minister of Supply......