2 JUNE 1939, page 3

The Majority Of The House Are Not Enamoured Of The

suggestion that the length of speeches should be compulsorily limited. Maxima have an uncomfortable habit of becoming minima, and to lose some perorations would be to forgo the......

But Is The Prime Minister Well Served? Mr. Chamber- Lain's

description of the Czech gold transfer as Mr. Lloyd George's mare's nest merely roused a hornet's nest around himself. Sir John Simon, using every ounce of his legal ability,......

The Week In Parliament Our Parliamentary Correspondent...

on the adjournment motion was further evidence for those who argue that the Government, if sufficiently hard-pressed, will always give way. They point with some justification to......

Mr. Bevin's Open Door Mr. Ernest Bevin's Contribution To The

Labour Party's Conference raises his political stature. If, he holds, the tardy but powerful Peace Front is to yield more than a temporary respite from panic it must prosecute......

Mr. J. G. Winant's First Report As Director Of The

Inter- national Labour Office points out an economic dilemma towards which the world is now steering. The economics of war-preparedness imposes on the living-standards of all......

Labour And Sir Stafford The Expulsion Of Sir Stafford Cripps

and his four partners in heresy from the Labour Party was ratified at the South- port Conference this week by an overwhelming majority of 2,100,000 to 402,000 ; and among the......