17 OCTOBER 1947, Page 17

MOSLEY OR SHAKESPEARE?

Snt,—Your devastating review of Sir Oswald Mosley's The Alternative filled me with joy. But why should Mosley Publications be allowed to obtain paper to publish such stuff at a time when I am unable to buy Shakespeare for myself or Beatrix Potter for my children?—Yours [To refuse paper for a particular book would be equivalent to the establishment of a censorship. The only possibility would be a system of priorities.—EmToR, The Spectator.]