SHOT IN THE ARM
SIR,—Many of your readers must have noted that the views expressed by Mr. Nicholas Davenport arc no1. always supported in your .editorial columns. Sometimes there has been merely a difference of emphasis, but this week a deep cleavage of opinion is clearly evident. It would seem that when Mr. Davenport allows his 'expansionism' to run particu- larly wild, as he does in the current issue of the Spectator, you feel impelled to counter his Opinions, without, however, specifically commenting on them.
However that may be, your readers, or at least the majority of them, will be' grateful to you for showing that, unlike your very dangerous (and very stimulating) contributor, you realise that a 'shot in the arm' can too easily become a 'spanner in the works.'—Yours faithfully,
FRANCIS J. A. TOWSEY
51 Coleman Street, EC2
[Nicholas Davenport writes: `To be culled "very dangerous" for supporting the Government's eco- nomic policy is indeed stimulating. The Editor very generously allows .me to say what I think is right, but in this case I am not conscious of any disagreement. His note seemed to be criticising not me but the Government for making, haste so quickly. If the Treasury had adopted re-expansion when I first urged it and had not dilly-dallied for so many months, it would not now be in the hectic rush which the Editor rightly called into question.'—Editor. Spectator.]
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