7 JUNE 1940, page 3

On Wednesday We Debated The Regulations Of The Assistance...

dealing with the administration of the new Old Age and Widows' Pensions Act. These regulations will affect the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, and the debate was......

Sir William Davison Expressed The View Of Many Members When

he commented on the nature of some of the questions which appear on the order paper. There was a whole series to which Mr. Anthony Eden had to reply that an answer would not be......

And We Have Now In Our Midst Living Witnesses Of

the great struggle—fellow members who have been in the thick of it, and have returned for an hour or two to our benches. And some have not returned. Arnold Wilson is reported......

The Week In Parliament

Our Parliamentary Correspondent writes : —On Tuesday we heard from Mr. Winston Churchill one of the great historic speeches of the English language. It was distinguished alike......

Conscientious Objectors And The Land

It is stated that as part of the new agricultural drive just announced, conscientious objectors to military service are to be mobilised, apparently compulsorily, to work on......

The Fatigue-point In Work

In an article which appears on another page a caveat is entered against the danger of imposing so great a burden of longer hours and diminished rest on the willing worker Ls to......

" The End Of The Tunnel "

Next week The Spectator will publish the first of a short series of articles by Mr. Charles Morgan, the well-known author of The Fountain, Sparkenbroke and The Flashing Stream,......

Ironsides " And L.d.v.

It would be extreme folly to belittle the part that may be taken by Local Defence Volunteers, of whom 400,000 have now been enrolled, in helping to ensure the safety of the......

We Should Still Be Glad If Readers Who Appreciate The

Spectator themselves would send to the Sales Manager, 99 Gower Street, W.C. r, the names and addresses of any friends to whom specimen copies might profitably be sent as an......