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Political Notes mi By F. W. Jowett, M.P. L INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA. I lfor It is clear that Presídent \\i?onb aarni J':? pa. been forced or he would not have agreed M p? share the respon¡.;ibility of int.enó"Dtion in Rus- on share the responsibility of iat'er?-ent'on in K-us- ati sia His consent was anoounr?d to the W,-)I.I(i in one of the 1110?.1 astounding statft'?n? v%,er loi, publ?hpd by ?nv n?tton. Jt bp?c.- by sa.ing SA thaL "in ih?- jud?tueni of the Go?rnn'?nt of the United States, a judgment arrived it. qfte-r t.b, repeated and very search ing considera t ions or the whole situation, military intervention in in Rubsia would bo more likely to add to t.,be p.re- sent sad i-onftisloil there than to cure it, an cn would injure Russia rather than help her out ot t'il her distress. Having thus protested against 1:11 intervention the statement goes on to say that sa the Government. of the United States have pro- en posed to the Government of Japan that the two pl Governments should jointly enter and ck Vladivostok and co-operate with The Czecho- Tl Slovaks. To this proposal Japan has agreed, and as the Czeclio-Slovaks are in conflict with the Bolsheviks, who are still in office in Russia, ;S| the United States and Japan cannot possibly pc avoid coming into conflict, with a section of the pll Russian people who may or may not be ill the ]M. majority. tn CAMOUFLAGE BY ALLIES. Ij, I- ?. ti, The point ot importunce. m???- ? "d. whether or no the Bols?-vik? are in a Tliinorit,y. |t for if thev are. even then military int<t'nention ?%? bv the Allies would still be indefensible. The ti, internal problems of Russia cannot be settled bv armed force applied brother nations, for let £ f other na?ons employ their forces as they will fc thev will in effect be obliged to help either one or the other of the disputing factions or parties. R So far as the Allies are concerned the effect of their intervention will oe to defeat what ap- j, pears to be the main object of the peasants and ej workmen of Russia, viz., to destroy the system .1 bv which land and industrial capital was owned t( and controlled prior to the revolution. There I Ii is also the question of the Russian Rational w L-- i n pe4>p l t, wish to re- Dt-bt, for which the Russian people wish to re- pudiate responsibility. It is this latter question which more than anything else is in the mind 0 of the Mooters (.f\11ip(1 -Mervvrtior] all the talk of giving lieTp and protection to the T Czecho-Slovaks against the armed Austrian and German prisoners is mere camouflage, as also is p the talk of assisting Russia to re-enter the „ war. The real fact is that the Allies have de- a cided to undertake a war in Russia in the in- h terest of the bondholders and thus add another d to the long list of adventures they have already d in band. J 1, MR. LAW AND SEPARATION ALLOWANCES 1 1 T?-?.. I I pointed out last wee-K t-nat. u.r..1>UUiU iJ speaking of separation allowances ck account of ( apprentices who have been taken into the Army, TI made a remark that implied the intention to v grant pension lights to parents whose appren- I tice sons had lost their lives in the war. Wliit t, he said was that the hardship imposed on pa- 1; rents by the refusal of separation allowance was accentuated by the fact that pension on the soldier's death depends on the allowance his parents drew when he was aliye." It is difficult to understand the point of this remark if it does j not mean that the parents who have I)ef-n ( treated so harshly are not to be allowed to claim j pension. Past experience, however, has shown ] that in dealing with concessions to working j people the Government always takes care to ex- ] elude as many cases as possible to save the Trea- ] surv 1 therefore asked the following question ( to make the position quite clear. I quote from j the official report: — ] Mr Jowett asked the Pensions Minister, < if he will state, the present position m re?a?i < to pension of parents who have —— ™ more sons in the war and whose o^ lam for a 1 pension has been denied on the ground that there had been no pre-war dependent, the j sons in question having been apprennc?.?.se- condary school scholars, or in re(ipt of pro 1 gremive wages when they enl)8ted. now tllltt? it has been decided that separation allowance ought to be paid to the parents in such cases < can the parents referred to claim a pension ] and, if not, will he say why this claim cannot be entertained? 1 WHAT SIR A. G. BOSCAWEN SAID. I The question was answered by Sir A. urirhth ] f?o.- ,n in the following terms, viz. — Under the existing regulations the parenh 1 4 of an\ soldier, sailor or airman who has lost his life in the present war may if at any time either or both of the parents is or are wholly or partly incipable. of self-support from age or infirmity and in pecuniary need, be rant- ed a pension of not less than o/b and not exceeding 15/- a week. The recent conces- j sion as regards separation allowance carries with it a o/- pension to a. parent or parents < who had been drawing the allowance under the conditions laid down, if the son had lost his life in the present war. THE ONLY INFERENCE. 1 1 _L_J Stripped of all unnecessary words tne aoo\e replv simply means that in the very few in- stances where the parents have, before the death of their pre-war apprentice sons, been drawing separation allowance on the rounà of pecuniary need due to age or infirmity the oj a week pension may be granted, but. those pu- rents who have been refused separation allow- ance because they could neither prove pre-war dependence nor make out, a case on the ground of poverty will not be entitled to pension. A PALTRY TRICK. This is the meanest and most paltry T-rick that has been played upon soldifrs" dependents since, during the first year of the wax, when scores of thousands of recruits were rushed into signing a declaration which merely had the effect of allotting 3/6 a week out of their own pay by military officials who knew very well it the lads thought and bt'i?v?d it u? A claim bo It tht:' ]¡¡.d. thollh t, andl:>í.'1if>ecl it lli'> .<1, daitl:: .1'()H:Ol¡ H'nr. st:?I)arat,ion for the"* rents thpy ?.J?nfd, a mistake which th?y could R t, ? hnd o'n when die time limit, then in oper- f' on. for claiming G??t'rnmeat separal'on al- ?? ,1nl'1: had  rel .an<e h?d expire d m. FEGUARDING THE TREASURY. as r ii.1. /-• l^^l ??<' How careium cue wnfiiiiin-m—-  votes of working jjeople—safeguards the n L-asurv ?hen payments to m-orkin, P-P"? question! With what marvellous ingenuity Fr iords at Whitehall/to curry favour with the pitalists and their lawyer n-K?ter?. who rulewl e country, dp\ist:' n,l,p. and pit?lk to dodge e far too modest daims of such people as of 1ori< and oldlers and their whe? and depend- [s: And vet, how free they ?re with the ti) blic purse m ??'????.rd to payments to their own ? and the decov ducks who ?erve their class. .e sixth report, of the Committee on National .pendMure (White Paper No. price one > nn'1 deal, With the t?pendrture of the Mm- 7,1 r? of Information. Paragraph 14 of the re- t 1 .rt ?ates tha r a Mmdwr of Parliament was a id t-to a month as an .illowafKe to meet ex- VI ■nse» without jequiring details of his expendi- n re. I'ara.gra nli 1;: tititt,s than an instance was ported t1 the (Vunmittee of a visit of 12 gen- gl ,Iiit,n to Dublin who speun. in two days, øn on inks and £;) in < igaiw. In the same paragraph to is also stated that in one case a gentleman IX is entertained at the private house of one of hI e o?i( ials of the Depart!)?ni to meet some embers of the Cabinet, and a charge was made .Ie >r the dinners, not. only of the guests but of, ie liosc himseU. I" ECKLESS WASTE, 4r, n( l-x -C il nf I A The e*timate<i expt^nuuine vi me iforma tion is is the official y ;timate, but Lord Beaver brook, who is the fJ [inister responsible for the department, hopes t b? able to reduce this amount by t6W,OW. J1 ut what are we to think of a department IS hich can, at a pmfb. get along wit?h P?'??. ss than its estinvaced £ 1,800,000? What a f jnfession it is of reckless and wanton disregard G wonomv. ti n HOSE M.I. FILMS", t, .1 11 1 I- the .Ministry ot Lntormation provides nuns lor g icture shows. Henry Dubb's fighting instinct n iust be fomented by pictures depicting Hun n trocities. so jis to fill his soul with hatred and p is heart, with ftar. One of the pictures was e escri bed to me the other day. It. fpvst of all S epicts two German soldiei^ in a ruined town in Vance. They meet a woman with a baby in s er arms, they dash the baby to the ground, p hen the scene closes leaving Henry Dubb to a nagine the awful fate of the woman. The two n rertiian soldiers afterwa-rds re-appear as com- t lercial travellers in an English Ullage after the a ,ar. They are .celling pans, but posing as Eng- t shmen. But the shopkeeper's wife discovers i hat the sample pan is marked "Made in Ger- y nan.v, and fetches the police. i t )UBBS' INTELLIGENCE. £'n_M.H'+ +hM'HYl, I. • 1 r> • 1 n i I- ll r All tr K It ThinU ot it Jtie uricusu uvvnumcui x he Ministry of Information faking pictures de- s Mctinp atrocitiet.. to inflame the public niind. ] ?ar<lboard imitations of ruined villages and de- I nolished houses arranged and photographed. f Hen paid to dress themselves in German urn- orms to act their part with a dummy baby to ] JE> thrown on the rubbish heap and make be- ] ieve that the particular outrage thus depicted lid in fact take plate. And, when the last 'aked picture with its anti-climax of the police -uziiiing in the two erstwhile soldiers turned i ■ommercial travellers for selling pans made in ] Germany have been shown, Henry Dubb is j ussure d that the whole thing is genuine because I ,he Ministry of Information (a Government 1 Department) has authorised and provided the re- jresentation. There is no lack of money for this 1 ciml of work which is considered by the Minis- ( ry of Information to be suited to the intelli- ] rence of Henry Dubb, the typical working man < is Lord Beaverbrook and Lord Notfthcliffe thinks If him but, for Henry Dubb as soldier or the latent of a soldier, and for Mrs. Dubb there are < liysteriously worded rules, conditions and limi- < ;ations in pension warrants and regulations gov- 1 .rning the payment of pensions allowances and « -•rants which are carefully devised for the pur- ] of saving millions of pounds in add shillings or the benefit, of the Treasury under any kind 1 nery possible excuse. L.G.'s THEATRIGAL,II,T. d- 111. • I A _11 I And at 9 p.m., precisely, on august itri ap an he picture houses, theatres and places of enter- ] bainment. Mr. Llovd George's message to the j Henry Dubbs of the nation was duly read by irrangement with the Ministry of Information.4 Hie message must have been written in the confident belief that the Dubb family, the typi- cal working people, of Mr. Lloyd George's ima- gination, would be present to receive his mes- sage. for in the middle of it he asserted that six months ago the Allies had made just and reasonable proposals to bring the war to an end, although every intelligent man and woman in the land know very well that the Allies on the occasion referred to re-affirmed the policy of the knock-out blow and carefully refrained from making known their proposals. REUTER'S AGENCY AND M.I. I Among the rest of its numerous activities tne Ministry of Information lps undertaken the business of providing news for the world at large through Renter's Telegram Company. This pro- bably explains why important statements made in different countries are frequently trans- mitted over the wires in a garbled form. For the (kpportunity of exercising this control over the of news and of inserting opin- the tr,,i n, n i LI'S ion of new, ions favourable to the Allies, cleverly disguised to read as if the opinions were news, the Minis- try of Information paid £ 126,000 mainly TO Rtvuter's for cables. The managing dim-tor of

Intervention in Russia. I kNIFESTO OF THE NATIONAL COUNCILI OF THE I.L.P. rhe National Council of the Independent La- ir Party (the I.L.P.) has issued the following tr; tement in relation to Allied intervention in fr. issia:— on \.n Allied force has I¡"PJ} landed in the North kill Russia. The Russian Government has, it is 11 sorted, protested against this invasion of a tu itral and friendly country which it regards _su tantamount to an act of war, and has de- '8U red its intention to take measures accord- IN rly. The fuither announcement is made that Allied expedition consisting of British, co ench, American. Japanese and Chinese troops, (y to invade Siberia to assist the Czecho-Slovaks. 10 are fighting in that region for the over- j-e row of the Soviet Government. pe [t is no longer maintained that the purpose so the Allied campaign in Siberia is to carry on to p war against Germany on the western fron- al: ■rs of Russia. That idea never was praeti- | re ble, for no one with an elementary under- re inding of the situation conceived it possible w transport a vast army and material across di X)0 m iles of flifficult. country. But even were w e idea pra<ticable> it would be none the less tf indefensible and outrageous proceeding to el alate a neutral country under the pretext of ilitary necessity. Such an act would be pre- TI ;el.N, analogous to the German invasion of Bel- li m di Allied intervention in Russia has been under- ti ken without the consent of, and in direct op- ti tsition to, the wishes of the Russian Govern- cs ent, and is viewed with alarm and resentment 01 t the mass of the Russian people. The pro- ai ct is, on the other hand, openly hailed in the ai ritish and foreign Jingo press as a step to- sc ar(L-, the overthrow of the Russian Revolution, e: It is alleged that the Soviet Government does v: It represent the Russian people, and that the f( Hies have undertaken the invasion of the coun- 01 v in order to liberate the Russian democracy d om the tyranny of Government. o We express no opinion on the merits or de- v erits of the present Russian Government. It a admittedly difficult to know what is the actual n ate of affairs in Russia. But two important u icts discredit the allegation that the Soviet t1 overnment exists in defiance of the wishes of u ie general body of the Russian people. The rst is that the Soviet Government has main- S lined its authority, and has been carrying out reat schemes of social re-organisation for nine h lonths, and the second is that there has been f o counter-revolutionary movement in Russia n ossessed of popular support and capable of c ven attempting to overthrow and supplant the a oviet Government. The Allies have, it would appear, secured the f ubmission of the local Soviet in the sparsely a opulated Murman district, but this has been a ccomplished by means of offers of food, inaple- o lent-s, and financial assistance while in Siberia he so-called revolt is in reality an attaok by c n alien force (the Czecho-Slovaks) against both a he Russian people and the Russian Govern- t :ient. The only support, so far as is known, I rhich is being given to the Allied intervention, t < from aristocratic and capitalist classes( who in a he Ukraine, tire Don, and Finland, welcomed < nd assisted the German forces to overthrow the 1 tevolution in these parts), and a few Liberal .nd Socialist Intellectuals," supporters of the ] ierensky administration, whose deposition from 1 tower has thrown them into the arms of the re- 1 ctionaries. 1 The military intervention of the Allies in 1 tussia against the will of the Russian Govern- nent and people is a challenge to Democracy 1 ind Socialism. Jt is, we believe, no less than i in attempt to overthrow the Social Revolution md to re-establish the rule and power of CJapi- ^alism. The invasion will be resisted by the 1 Russian people, and can at best result in plung- ng Russia into the throes of civil war, and greatly intensifying the suffering from indus- trial dislocation and famine. Socialists in this and the other Allied coun- tries cannot remain silent and indifferent un- ler the challenge and menace of this act of Im- perialist aggression on the parts of their Gov- ernments. We appeal, therefore, to British or- ganised Labour to express the strongest oon- iemnation of the participation of the British Government in an act which constitutes a -riine against national independence and against he Russian Revolution which has contributed. lespite all its faults, so much to the hopes of luman freedom—a crime which, if persisted in, vill proix- not only disastrous to Russia, but to he cause of freedom and democracy, through- HIt the world.

Allied War Aims. r IR. HENDERSON ASKS FOR OFFICIAL DC :E=.:A.F:Ar I I Ty IU a rhe fourth anniversary of Great Britain's en- r into the war is a solemn moment, relieved lv by the memory of the heroic sacrifices and pei ble deeds of our gallant dead. the patient en- its ranee of those whose lives have been broken me the struggle, and the resignation and forti- th: de of those whose loved ones have made the co, preme sacrifice for their country and its cause. po PICTU V I: AD. I1U inc nrin I tnn. i tlli W< ?nnv? forward into the fihh veax of the I th uflict with a sense of humiliation thht 20th tho •ntury civilisation is compelled to acknowledge wc elf powerless to devise means for permanently rminat.ing the struggle on the basis of a world a ace. That both sets of belligerents desire to an C' the end cannot be doubted, ha,ving regard tes the appalling losses in human life and valu- in I,e niatAerial, but it is further evidenced by the pea ted suggestions and references to peace by A sponsible statesmen in all the countries con- rned. Let us hope that when the historian Oc ^passionately explores the course of events he 11 not find that we were near to peace more tu an once and failed owing to lack of courage, i: irity. or precision. av Lie III "riuatc wi Vr»twithstandin2 the shorroomings of our I plomacy, it may safely be said that the Bri- sh ?opie. including qrgDnie-d labour, oon- 5/ nue strong in their determination that the war PC ,n end only in a triumph for a great and glori- is cause, which shall make the future secure w, id permit of the free development of national t id international life on the basis of liberty, r1' cial progress, and true democracy. That there H cist differences of opinion as to method is ob- st ous. An increasing number in all countries tt •el that through the medium of official or un- tr Ecial conversations, privately or openly con- et acted, by the assistance of the moral pressure 01 t public opinion in all the countries, by the de- b< lopIllent of the interna-tional outlook, a valu- (4 ble contribution towards a world peace could be » lade without interfering with military effort tl ntil the responsible Governments are convinced u lat official negotiations can be usefully entered ti pon. a a." TATe iruc A I ut I n I b rtiiHWi the -AAx 1 I A ',7 Throu?hottt- ? ?ur?h y?ajr of th. wa? 11 A ave repeatedly urged the imperative. necessity >r a restatement of Allied war-aml&-not a pro- tt ouncement by any single statesman, but a do- e: ument in which not only the territorial desider- a ta should be set out, but the principle upon a hieh any claim for frontier readjustments is o funded, a clear statement of economic policy nd an unmistakable declaration of the official ttitude of all the belligerents to a real League f Nations. Of this I am convinced: If the workers, in- ispensable in war as in peace, have the assur- ,nee that we remain in the war in order to ful- il the same obligations and vindicate the same rrinciples for which the nation made its depar- ure from the ways of peace in August, 1914, ,nd that national honour and future security an only be safeguarded by a continuance of he struggle, they will respond to the end in the pirit they have displayed from the beginning. jabour has always regarded the task imposed lpon us as one which can only be justified by ,he elimination of the spirit of militarism from t he world, the abandonment of competitive ar- t naments and enforced military service. Labour v rill never sacrifice the right of mankind in order ( ;o appease the selfish desires of German Imper- 1 alism, but is anxious to secure the co-operation g )f German Social Democracy in the great task i )f reconstructing civilisation on the basis of a i -ighteous and enduring democratic peace. It is r n this spirit we go forward. n j ■ l

500,000 More Houses. i I ^nucDiuurMT'e ACTCD.TU P.WAR PRO- t UUT t.nnmL.iv a 1. ni ■ i-ii « • I 5 uvy¡;;n.mL. POSALS. h I .L -=-1. I Replying to a aeputauon uriiiug unr For an enlarged Government. housing scheme { ifter the war, Mr. Hayes .Fisher, President of ( the Local Government Board, said on Tuesday j that a year ago the Minister of Reconstruction ind 'he agreed that at least 300,000 houses I would be required within a year after the ter- ( mination of the war, and he dared say now that 1 bv the end of the war 500,000 would be wanted, 1 but at first there would be great practical dim- I ulties owing to finance and the scarcity of ma- terials and labour. No House of Commons would at all easily vote free grants of money to private builders, and private builders would not build except at a profit. No fewer than 900 authorities had indicated their willingness to build before thev knew that the Government would make itself responsible for 75 per cent, of the estimated deficit on the rates for seven years. A year ago there were schemes afoot for the building of 163,000. New schemes and new plans were coming in every week. He believed that local authorities would play a patriotic part. He did not believe in setting out on a policy of coercion, though it might have to be applied in a ljfnited number of occasions. He believed that local authorities would play a pa- triotic part. He did not believe in setting out on a policy of coercion, though it might have to be applied in a limited number of occasions. He would point out that in future women voters would force the pace. In conclusion, they must not expect much modification of the terms of the circular of March 18th last and the policy agreed on by the Committee over which Mr. Long presided would be carried out. He under- took to consider any alternative scheme which even had a germ of anything good in it. In reply to Lord Salisbury, who asked if the proposal was not fatal to the co-operation of public utility societies, Mr. Hayes Fisher said that equally fatal, he was sure, was the proposal of the deputation involving a grant of 30 per [cent, to the private builder.

lauliers and Their Wages. [ iuii mo iiudcct cunnoccn nv uiNFRS FWTL.J%B.i UI*n l-v? ■ w UlfifiPSTPn SCALE OF ALTERATIONS. ft 7- miriun -r nf .1+ a (TCI 1 flat tdllAir BJ*. f I .L -1, I,- -f it wages scales has for some time manifested "If amongst the Riders, Hauliers and Timber- n in the Sou th Vi alet; Collieries, and more m once this spirit has found'expression in our limns, notably in the contributions of Mr. T&I | linwaring and others amongst the "boys of e- "W estern Tallies. Nor are we in the Mer- vr and Dcvwlais districts exceptions. Indeed, Dowlais men vocalised their grievances so 11 that the matter engaged the attention 0; mass meeting of the S.W.M..F. on July 7th, d the legitimacy of the men's plaint was at- .ted by the appoint-ment of a Committee to h vestigate the eir(-iiirstances. K MPAGRPSTANDARD. f 'f I At the majority of Collieries throughout the II 'aineid the wages paid to haulier? drirers md \j nbermen are those settled by the 1915 &gee- r nt. merging 50 per cent, into the standard d down by Lord St. Aldwyn in his 1912 i 'ard itself based, so far at* this class of )rli(-r., is concerned, on the 1906 Hauliers' ;reement. This means translated into a money ige that the rates obtaining vary between 10 and 6/9 per shift-rates out of all pro- rtion too small for the important work done. As I have stated above, the last occasion upoa lich negotiations, dealing particularly with e remuneration of hauliers, timbermen and iers took place was in 1906, and all subsequent jreements have been based upon the meagre andard then obtained. The men point out at, not even at the time of its adoption was te standard a satisfactory one, and that the intinuous rise in the cost of living that has j t laracterised the past ten years, and which has wn especially mar ked during the war, has aerated to make it totally out-of-date as isis of present remuneration. The men claim tat their demand for a new agreement is aanswerable in face of all the facte, not omit- ng the basic one of a wage that is commensur- k with the needs of the time and the import- ace of the Labour that they represent. SUGGfeSTEO Of course, any new demands that are to be iade will have to be the outcome ot a coniw- ace of the men throughout the Coalfield; but waiting that the demands of the Dowlais men re interesting as offering their reasonable views f the main point in the demand. They are: (1) A dailv standard of 7/6 for all hauliers, riders and timbermen, whether working day, night or intermediate shift, plus current per- centages. (2) Where from one to three hauliers are working to the same parting half-a-shift extra shall be paid weekly; and, where more than three hauliers are driving to the same parting one turn per week extra will be paid. (3) Where hauliers, riders, or timbermea have to work in water one turn per week ex- tra shall be pakl. CCEPTED. A report on these lines has been accepted by he Dowlais Miners' monthly meeting as ett- odying a just claim, and all who are acquainted rith the arduous and dangerous nature of the ccupation will, I am sure, agree with the Dotr- ais monthly meeting in its opinion. At the ame time I realise that however just the claim t has very little prospect of being translated nto the life of the hauliers, riders and timber- nen unless they are in accord with their fellows n the remainder of the ooalfield. Do \their views e fleet the desires of the rest of their fellows ihroughout the coalfield? Personally, bearing n mind the various expressions that have &P- learoo from the men in our columns, I think i hey do, and I shall watch with interest the i pontaneous movement of the various districts owards this scheme, for, as I have said, if the norement does not consolidate itself, but remains is at present, a mere smouldering discontent in nvery district-a discontent which to me seems iO be the very worst condition for securing satis- actory output—then the suggested scale is sim- )lv a waste of time and effort. If the scale loes offer a 'oasis of discussion, then I am posi- tive that around it will crystaflise opinion from vhich will come a conference to discuss a pro- )erly oo-ordinated programme embodying the -eal demands of the men in accordance with the times.

Labour Research. rncoo ouncMu coiMDLioncu. I"'I'"n 1. T'1t. 1 T" _1_1. _1..1- ine raoian itesearcn ueparLinenr receniaj concluded an agreement with the Labour Party For a scheme of closer working, one of the fea- tures of which will be a joint Labour News Ser- vice, consisting partly of political and industrial news supplied by the two bodies and partly of articles and propagandist notes from the Pub- licity Department of the Labour Party. We understand that, in order to be in a better posi- tion to carry on this work, the Research Depart- ment will shortly move to more commodious offices in Eccleston Square, near the Labour Party. We are interested to notice that the Executive of the Department is circulating a proposal to revise the constitution in order to give representation on the Executive to the affiliated societies, who are to be allotted ten of the twenty seats if the new proposals are car- ried at the Annual General Meeting in October. It is also proposed to change the name of the Department to Department of Labour Research, which will be more in oonsonanfce with the pre- sent work of the society, to which nearly 150 Labour and Co-operative organisations are affiliated.

Heuter's has been placed on the staff of the Ministry of Information, so we may take it for granted that the transactions with his company will not be unprofitable for the company. More- jver, it will be a. stronger and more all, pervading Reuter that the managing director will return-, to when he resumes his duties as managing director after the war, for in the meantime the connections and ramifications of the company are being exsended. No wonder the Committee on National Expenditure stateq that the position of the managing director of Renter's on the staff of the Ministry of Infor- mation, is. on principle, open to objection." AMFoTimi ap o-r• re A UUEO''?"? ur olmrr- i mi. rvf Tnfrtfrmqnn "S I Xilt1 ouitll \.11 tiitr III composed alifiost entirely of men who are in a position to Serve their own business interest by their connection with the Ministry. The Secre- tary to the Ministry is a director of nine differ- cut companies chiefly interested in rubber. The Director of Information in Sca-ndinavia and Spain is a banker a railway director. The Direc- tor of Propaganda 'fot Switzerland is a director of nine companies, and so on. In all cases men selected by Lord Beaverbrook have business in- terests in the countries where they will have the power to spend money generously provided by the Ministry of Information and in all cases they have decided views relating to economic policy which they may be expected to propagate.