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5 RA ED ete a Sie a ee add Tee eg hr oe ee on rene dr a eA ag eB he A a okt CMI IO Re ee OE oe * fo oo a ee ee, Twilight Zone Security” in the public servi s is*a twilight zone where the mast effective measures’ may be those known only to a few. The conference of Privy Counsellors that is te look into the matter is made up of men “with considerable experience” of it. That is hardly a ground for complaint, though there might have been a case for bringing in a fresh mind. Some of the appointments may look a trifle odd, but for different reasons. The members of the conference are, as Mr Martin Lindsay suggested, most of them busy men. The Lord. Chancellor, Lord Salisbury, and—for the moment—-Lord Jowitt bear heavy responsibilities In the Upper House. So do the Home Secretary and Mr Morrison in the Commons. How will they set about their work? They will have full powers to send for any papers or persons they may wish to sep. But will they have time rto injtiate inquiries and follow them up after the fashion of a Select Com- mittee? Or will they in practice have to be content with passing judgment | on reports already drawn up for: them? It is not quite clear. Their judgment would no doubt be valuable in any event, but will they be able to bring out the kind of evidence that is sometimes found lying unlooked for in odd corners? One would like to be sure. Some members were con- [cerned yesterday at the thought that | the House might get.no word of the result of the inquiry. Obviously there must be a good deal in the findings that cannot be disclosed. But even if the conference recommends no changes in the law it may have some- | thing to say about possible changes in administrative methods. Might not the’ principles implied by such changes—rather than the details of tHeir .enforcement—be a suitable tter for the House to deal with? This’ is, after: all, a matter of ‘bu pic concern. : Seay ee es Mee ee at” psc ee Cy ya Tela Fassel ee oa