DALTON’S BANK OF ENGLAND

HEN Hugh Dalton was Labour’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, he lost his post because he talked too much. Nowadays ‘he writes too much—too much nonsense.

In last Sunday’s Express, he defends the Act of Parliament introduced by the Labour Government nationalizing the Bank of England. Characteristically, he refers to it as ‘My Bank of England Act’. Very well, history will know where to lay the blame.

To make the Act work, however, according to Dr Dalton, it requires a strong Chancellor of the Exchequer (Hugh Dalton, for instance?).

He sees nothing wrong in appointing part-time directors ; from the world of private capitalism but thinks their function should be. ‘advisory’. ‘They should give information to the governor rather than ‘receive it,"

He also thinks that the wrong people are being appointed to the Court of the Bank of England—too many merchant

a Warning on Strontigm cennieeneneienreen cee _ More about Explorer =& ‘By Our Scientific Correspondent, J. H. Bradley - M gramme are now available. First, the matter must ANY facts. about the American: satellite. probe put in\.perspective by ‘saying that the -irre-~ proachable conduct of nearly.all American scientists has been obscured’ by: a flood of misleading propaganda. In: fact no observation. has’ been’ made. by Explorer which. was not, perfectly well. known:from Sputnik I. No. apparatus weighing 30lb. can give information about high-energy cogmic rays, since massive lead screens. are needed to. cut out low-energy rays.” vey .

“NO INFORMATION STORE. Sputnik II had about1,2001b. of, instryments and- 6701b. of rocket motor. and casing. Thus. Explorer may have about 201b. of’ instruments...

Explorer has no store for. information. gathered in - : : : : : regions far from receiving stations.,Even when the USA puts ‘up its 300Ib. television satellite, pictures will not be stored in the satellite. 2 >. ae ’ “Modern ‘television. needs: about four million impulses a: ‘second, and the. only: feasible. systems’ are recording on film or on. very fine iron wire. There will be extreme difficulty in keeping a‘camera always directed: towards the ground. - - : ; : ay - Vanguard at’ launching has a thrust Jess than one arid ; a half times its own’ weight. I have no. doubt . that this. is a top military secret, but it is easily calculated from » official statements, if one has the‘slightest knowledge: of mechanics.

If I: knew the weight of a Sergeant rocket I could : ":éalculate the thrust. of a Jupiter. C within 10 per. cent:, and no doubt the Russians have done. so. )

MUCH MORE POWEREUL. Jupiter C is much more powerful: than: Vanguard; which’.is why. it is less~ de= pendent’on the wind and time of. day. for launching. A: simple calculation. shows that the’ energies. of Explorer. and Sputnik-Il are equivalent to 5.282°and 5.178 tniles per second respectively. at the surface: of:the earth. _ .: Allowing for the speed of the earth, the Jatitude. of ad ré ‘ - the launching’ sites, and: the angle of the orbits, these become 5.008 for Explorer as against 5.070 for Sputnik ~ “The merit of the achievement ig therefore very nearly ~ in ‘the ratio: of: the weights of the! satellites-—about 50, , or..60: to one for the Russians. ” nas cok bok - BOYCOTT AS ANSWER. TO. SAKIET CRIME?

~~: By-Michael Banda -.- wee . Despite ‘the vote of confidence accorded M. Gaillard by the National Assembly, public. opinion jn France and _ elsewhere has been severely ‘disturbed. by-the bombing -_ - of Sakiet Sidi Youssef.

The motion tabled by three Labour MPs, Mr. Wedgwood : Bon: ‘ Bénn, ‘Mrs.. Barbara: Castle and Mr. Fenner Brockway, asking ‘for.an immediate meeting of the Sécurity Council to consider the. ‘threat “to. peace’.-that has . developed: out of the. French “bombing, is considered far too ‘mild -by many: Labour ‘Party members, ' The view is ‘devéloping’ that the party and: the National. EAE MER SS Boe a fe RTS saat e ‘Council. of Labour should: demand: a boycott. of. all military goods destined for ‘the: Frerich authorities: in North’ Africa, _-and should organize the mass picketing of the French. embassy in: London...

Observers not content with’ British Foréign. Office handouts -consider that the.concern: expressed in’ Whitehall and.by ‘Dulles:

at the murder. of seventy-five Arabs is: not. in. fact dictated-by humanitarian ‘considerations; “20.0 ‘Hisenhower’s asking “whether “the -pl ates: whi ch" bombed fe : : Sakiet were: ‘delivered ‘for NATO.

Purposes ee re bought. :

oe FEBRUAR Y 15, 1 958 Try . A speed of 7.81 miles per -second is needed to reach™ the planets, and. a little less for the moon, * -.COULD REACH PLANETS. It seems that the Soviet Union.-could: send-a very small and scientifically -valueless rocket ‘to. the’ planets, but not the USA.. .

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‘Conflicting reports. of the size and shape‘of Explorer’s.. -orbit are due to its passage over such large areas of sea and -less developed nations, wheré there are no ‘radar’ tracking’ stations. : , The orbit stretching far out into space has advantages in the measurement. of air pressures at those distances, ©. but, like the latest Vanguard: failure, is probably due to. the poor control systems used.

ECENT® reports’ of children with unusually large “* amounts of radio-strontium:in their bones* should.

«cause no’ surprise.. ....

- ; noe Even with. the. strictest shielding of food from dust, “and the best. supplies : of calcium, results are. bound to be patchy.

One would expect to find that people in. areas with. : an : very hard’ watér had: less radio-strontium than people drinking ‘soft water.:This. is: only: one factor which. has not. been. ‘investigated. . . It is possible.that the northern-temperate belt: (North. America; Europe. and Siberia) receives more: fall-out oa sthan other: areas. _ This poetic justice, if true, will be one of the most important observations ‘of :the Taternational ‘Geophysical . Year; both fer:health and°for meteorology.:

It was never. clear- why.the Medical Research Counéil ~ chose .10 strontium units. as the level for urgent teview.

GOVERMENT WON'T TELL. Any reconsideration ought to be when new evidence becomes available about the effects Of fall-out. The level of 10 units is nota scientific choice, based on evidence, but a. reflection ‘of ) our almost total ignorance. Be The Dutch fence in.a girl with: part of a radium needle = °..in her nose. The villagers ‘of the Forest of: Dean prevent -’ the most’ harmless: dumping in disused’ mines.

They haye no source of genuine, impartial informa: ; . tion on-which they know they can rely. The Government... -will not tell the public about-‘radiation dangers because ° of the political troubles it would create for itself.

by: French ‘funds is regarded as’ disingenuous, since the USA could stop ‘the war in Algeria tomorrow if it-chose to react as.it did to the Suez adventure.