20 JULY 1945, page 14

Building Targets "

SIR,—Some misapprehension appears to exist as to the " targets " fixed by the Ministry of Works for certain building trades. The Payment of Results scheme, as it is known, was......

Syria And The Beduin

So o —In your issue of July 6th an article, over the name of Brian Stuart, entitled " Syria and the Beduin," made the following extraordinary state- ment: "Thanks entirely to......

State Railways Abroad

Sut o —I do not propose to argue the pros and cons of nationalising the railways in this country, but I do think that Mr. Lyttelton picked a bad example in the Swiss Federal......

The Polish Settlement

SIR,—Prof. W. J. Rose in his letter on " The Polish Settlement " in your issue of July 13th, said many tragically true words about the implications of the " surrender of the......

Gifts For Holland

So o —Before leaving for a short visit to the West Indies and the U.S.A., the Netherlands Welfare Commissioner, Lt.-Colonel A. M. Meerloo, asked me to submit the following......

Boarded-out Children

SIR,—Sir Walter Monckton in his Report on the O'Neill children wrote, " There was in neither authority a sufficient realisation of the direct and personal nature of the......

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Home Service And European Service

Sta,—I read with great interest the article by Mr. A. L. Kennedy, ",Talk- ing to the World," but our experience here in the Netherlands does no t exactly coincide with his plea......