16 OCTOBER 1959, Page 18

SIR,—Mr. Evelyn Waugh is at his sternest when he tells

us that he will not vote this year; and will never vote unless a moral or religicius issue is involved.

'Every man,' said Mr. Pecksniff, has a right, an undoubted right (which I, for one, would not call in question for any earthly consideration: oh no!), to regulate his own proceedings by his own likings and dislikings, supposing they are not immoral and not irreligious.' (Martin Chuzzlewit, Chapter IV.)—Yours faithfully,

DONALD REID 85 Church Road, Richmond, Surrey