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IN his pamphlet “A Sling against the Philistines: the New Machinery of Government by the People” Denis Becker (London: Andrew Dakers, Ltd., 1941, 9d. net) proposes the establishment of a Ministry and Court of Enlightenment as a means of freeing Parliament and Ministers from the influence of financial and other interests which stultify representation in Parliament and threaten the freedom of the Press. The Court of Enlightenment would consist of nominees of each of the principal universities, of the learned associations such as the Royal Society, the Law Society, the British Medical Association, the Headmasters' Conference ; of each of the established royal societies devoted to the arts, such as the Royal Academy of Music, the Royal Society of Arts, the Royal Institute of British Architects ; of each of the recognized ecclesiastical bodies ; of the agricultural associations, of the Trades Union Congress and of the Employers Federation, with two or three nominees by the House of Commens and the House of Lords of outstanding members, two nominees by the Prime Minister of eminent men not connected with the institutions already specified, and a nominee of His Majesty's judges who would be ex officio chairman.
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A New Form of Government. Nature 149, 105–106 (1942). https://doi.org/10.1038/149105d0
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