1 FEBRUARY 1930, Page 19

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—I do hope the

attention of the Government will be directed to the letter of Mr. Angus Watson in your issue of January 18th.' The whole face of the country might have been altered by the expenditure of even 400 millions (allowing literally for inevitable waste), whereas, so far, the chief result has been the demoralization of the unemployed, most of whom would rather have had well-paid work than the practically unearned " dole." Even " the very fiends weave ropes of sand, Rather than taste pure hell in idleness."—I am,