Show t BOARD HOLDS NO MEETINGS MEETINGS' President Decides All Questions for Members but Never Calls Them in for a Conference There Is no more familiar famUlar title among government departments tha that the board of trade It seems t to be re ref re-i for all kinds of things and andall andall all nIl sorts of undertakings and happen- happen ings It will find you a chairwoman or negotiate a n commercial treaty It consists consists con con- of ot a president and a large number number num num- ber of members members' among wh whom m are reckoned the Archbishop of Canterbury Canter Canter- Canterbury bury and the speaker of the house of commons a writer In London Tit-Bits Tit s states ta tes By law these members have a right to be called to discuss questions of oft trade and to help the president to shape his policy polley yet the fact remains rio no meet meet- meetIngs meetings ings lags are ever held I The president ne never er dreams ms of calling his committee together He does much muc as he likes comes to his own decisions and then announces announces th that t the board thinks so fond and so i. i i One ne wonders what would happen If It the archbishop or some other member were sere to Insist being were upon consul consulted ed this this surprising method of doing business should should cease The board of trade does not stand alone Every schoolteacher teacher in the theland land knows that my lords say this this' and my lords lords' lords rule that Their full title Is the lords of the committee of the fhe privy council council O of edU education but but they never never lC meet and the vice vIc president dent would probably be puzzled ed to to- name a half dozen of them Mr Fisher Fish Fish Fish- er and his predecessors predecessors' rule without my roy lords but In th their ir name Thus hus do they get credit for the good they do tie and are a In the refuge day of V A st storm rm |