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SIR,—We, the undersigned Labour Party members and supporters, wholeheartedly support

the position taken by Mr. Gaitskell in the Labour Party con- ference debate on defence and his opposition to a policy of unilateral disarmament or neutralism for Britain. We urge the Parliamentary Labour Party to support their leader in the stand which he has taken.—Yours faithfully,

DAME JANET VAUGHAN, PROFESSOR A. J. AYER, PROFESSOR J. A. G. GRIFFITH, PROFESSOR H. L. A. HART, PROFESSOR S. HAMPSHIRE, PROFESSOR W. A. ROBSON, P. ADY, G. C. ARCHIBALD, J. M. BAM- BOROUGH, JEAN BANISTER, L. BARAGWAYANATH, H. L. BEALES, J. BHAGWATI, J. CAMPBELL, J. P. CARRUTHERS, H. A. CLEGG.

J. P. COOPER, J. CORINA, B. A. CORRY, A. FLANDERS, R. FLETCHER, pHILIPPA FOOT, C. D. FOSTER, A. FOX, R. E. FRANKLIN, M. W. FREDERIK- SEN, S. J. GOULD, 'EWER HART, P. D. HENDERSON, A. S. KING, A. J. LEMMON, N. H. LEYLAND, D. E. T. WARD, 0. R. MACGREGOR, W. E. J. MCCARTHY, LUCY MAIR, G. MARSHALL, D. MITCHELL, D. G. MACRAE, D. MUNBY.

D. PICKLES, W. PICKLES, H. PITT, J. P. PLAMENATZ, P. PULZER, B. C. ROBERTS, S. ROSE, J. H. SARGENT, P. J. 0. SELF, D. SHAPIRO, M. SHOCK, J. It. SMITH, P. A. STIRLING, A. P. THOMPSON, S. WATSON, J. D. WALSH, D. J. WENDEN, B. A. 0. WILLIAMS, P. M. WILLIAMS, R. WOLLHEIM, G. D. N. WORSWICK, J. F. WRIGHT.