19 JANUARY 1929, Page 16

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]

trust that you are not allowing yotir fund to make any distinction betWeen union and - non-union Men; but if you are, I must'ask that my money be given" to-a non-Union

man =I am, Sir, &c., — : :** :

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E. Faracioigin. •

[Our correspondent enclosed a newspaper report stating that the executive of the South Derbyshire miners, in distri- buting relief; makes distinction between union and non-union men. We can assure the writer and our readers generally that the Aberdare Service Committee, who administer " The Spectator Fund," make no such distinction. _ The Town Cleric of Aberdare, to whom the matter was referred, writes : " There is not the slightest distinction made in this area between union and non-union men. My Committee has laid it down most emphatically that no distinction shall be made and the Area Committee are, I am assured, doing-all they can to relieve necessitous cases irrespective of Trade Unionism."-- Ed. Spectator.]