17 JULY 1959, Page 22

TELLING THE WORLD

SIR,—I would like to explain to Mr. Tiptaft (May 22) that Free Enterprise in the con- text he chooses means freedom to charge what you like. It is common practice here for a surgeon to charge 125 dollars for a tonsillectomy, a dentist 20 dollars for an ordinary filling, a druggist 100 per cent. profit for transferring pills from large to

small bottles. Mr. Eisenhower (Atlantic City, June 9) has asked for moderation here 'in the interest of the nation's economy'. I consider the Health Service in Britain to be successful and urge it for consideration to the Americans I meet. I regard Mr. Tip- taft as doing a great disservice to Britain in presenting his views as representative of the majority.—Yours faithfully,