* * The Government could do what Mr. Asquith did
in 1912 and proceed with appropriate legislation. That course would be in itself an assuarance of good faith. Mr. Baldwin's mere promise is apparently not enough, though it certainly ought to be, for the miners' leaders. By the time legislation was taking shape it would very likely be found as in 1912 that the framework supplied by the Government and the body of agreement which had mean- while grown up between the disputants fitted together nicely. We need only add here that, though it is difficult to draw conclusions from the contradictory evidence, the feeling among the miners that it would be better to accept an increase of hours than a reduction of wages seems to be growing. Mr. Frank Hodges who has spoken his mind with clearness and much courage, has taken this view for a long time.
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