Time for a Change

As cartoonist for Lord Beaverbrook's Tory London Evening Standard, David Low was often called the world's best political cartoonist. Socialist Low throve on cartooning for a Tory paper, at times sharply caricatured both his boss, .the Beaver, and the Conservative government. Three years ago, Low moved his cartoons to a paper closer to his own political views. He switched from the Standard to the dull, doctrinaire Daily Herald, official organ of the Labor party. Instead of pepping up the Herald as he was supposed to do, the Herald--and the fact that Labor was in power--seemed to dull down Low.

The answer seemed to be that Low, like other cartoonists, is at his best when he is against something. Last week Low announced he would go to a job where he would feel more against things. Beginning Feb. i, he is moving over from the Daily Herald to the liberal (but not Labor) Manchester Guardian. Explained Low: "I have no quarrels and there has been no falling out with my Labor friends ... I [just feel] it will be a relief ... to go back to a public more appreciative of the fine points, [and] one should move along every few years."

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