29 OCTOBER 1932, Page 6

I was glad to hear Mr. Malcolm MacDonald make such

an excellent impression on the House of Commons on Monday. The meat quota scheme, which he was com- missioned to defend, is very imperfectly understood and still less perfectly popular in the House, but Mr. MacDonald made a case for it as an attempt to help the agricultural labourer on the same lines as the Coal Mines Act attempted to help the miner ; and he did it with all his father's courage and more than his father's clearness. His speech was more than a technical success, for the House liked. its unassuming manner, its clear logic, and its pungent analogy.