Liberals and the EEC
Sir: In your article on this subject this week, you fail to point out that had the advice of the Liberal Party been heeded when the Treaty of Rome was being drawn up, it could have been moulded to suit the special circumstances of Britain and the Commonwealth. Neither Tory nor Socialist Party would have anything to do with it though later, seeing their mistake, they both clamoured for admission, two of the greatest somersaults in British politics!! Naturally Britain has had to accept the Treaty as it stands. But it is not sacrosanct. Should Liberals get back into power they will assuredly try, for instance, to have the Common Agricultural Policy amended. • You say nothing about the wider benefits from the EEC in the ending for ever of the long and bitter animosity between Germany and France. You are right in saying the Community is too inward-looking but Liberals look forward to Russia and satellites becoming members not (as some short-sighted people claim), as an even stronger economic unit visa-vls the US, but as another step in bringing ' peace on earth.' Admittedly the EEC, is protectionist at present, but is it not a gain that Free Trade exists between all its members?
John W. GallowaY 61 Balhousie Street, Perth.
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