Show BOARD HOLDS NO MEETINGS president decides all questions for members but never calls them in for a conference thero Is no more familiar title among government departments than the board of trade it seems to be ra for all kinds of things and all sorts of undertakings and happenings it will find you a chairwoman or negotiate a commercial treaty it consists of a president and a large number of members among are reckoned the archbishop of canter bury and the speaker of the house of commons a writer in london tit bits estates by law these members have a right to be called to discuss questions trade andio help the president to shape his policy yet the fact remains no meetings are ever heidl the president never dreams of calling his committee together he does much as he likes comes to his own decisions and then announces that the board thinks so and so one wonders what would happen it the archbishop or some other member were to insist upon being consulted 4 this this surprising method of doing v business should cease the board of trade does not stand alone every school teacher in the land knows that my lords say ahli and my lords rule that their full title Is the lords of the committee of the privy council of education but they never meet and the vice president would probably be puzzled to name a halt dozen of them mr fish fl er and his predecessors rule without my lords but in their name thus do they get credit for the good they do and are a refuge in the day of storm |