Since the reassembling of Parliament Mr. Balfour has abundantly made good his promise to accept amendments making it clear that the non-representative managers of voluntary schools were to have nu control over the secular education, and that the local education authorities, the Committees of County and Borough Councils, were to be the real managers. "He has accepted amendment after amendment whittling away the powers of the so-called managers and increasing those of the local education authorities. "The managers, two-thirds of whom are to be appointed by the owners of the school buildings, will, it is true, appoint the teachers. but the education authorities will have the right to veto such appointments on educational grounds, and power also to dismiss teachers on similar grounds over the heads of the managers.
course the Nonconformists as a body declare these concessions insufficient. They will not be satisfied unless they either of doing the work efficiently under proper and. vigilant, muni supervision." doubt municipal which have in for "trading The London County Council, for stance, created " works department, which, fe for a time at all events, cost the ratepayers more than if they had o outside contractors.
But the theory, pushed to the exten bar municipalities from owning waterworks, gas works, or tramway syst is. The arti were undoubtedly one-side Glasgos one of the cities attack ed, and this morning ti he Times" prints three-column letter from the Lord Prov of that City ably and convincingly defending its municipalities from the charges made against it. The "Daily News" Disclosures, A few days ago the Daily News" pubished a sensational announcement of some remarkable disclosures which they re about to make with regard to the origin of the "Times" letters.
These revelations have now appeared, and they amount to this: that the "Times" "has been "captured by. great the American Trust" which is closely allied to the Pierpont Morgan syndicate, and which has obtained and is obtaining powers to construct electric trot ys and other works all ver the cou OF course this Trust objects to municipalities doing the work which they would like to do them: selves; and the Daily Nows," I think it must he admitted, succeeds in proving that the "Industrial Freedom League," which was recently started to advocate views similar to those expressed in the Times letters, is dominated by this American Trust. Beyond the fact that Mr. Moberly Bell, the manager of the "Times," is a member of this feague, the " Daily News " fails, however, to bring any cond ive evidence forward to show that the "Times" is also a creature of the Trust. If, however, the "Daily News" had confined itself to the contention that the battle of ' municipal trading" is one between the municipalities
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