THE MINISTER OF LABOUR [To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.]
SIR,—Your Parliamentary Correspondent's animadversions on the present holder of this most thankless and onerous office seem to me rather lacking in his usual sense of fairness. The Ministry presents unusual opportunities for a subtle kind
of electoral bribery, and in resisting these opportunities and sedulously devoting himself to administration and to remedies not worse than the disease the Minister deserves sympathy and support. You admit the cogency of the facts adduced in the Minister's reply, but appear to think he would do well to be less accurate and more conciliatory. Mr. Brown is undoubtedly open to the criticism " Cet animal est Iris michant; quand on l'altaque, it se defend," but I should pity
the Minister of Labour who tried sweet reasonableness on certain of his parliamentary critics.—Yours faithfully,
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