HOMOSEXUAL PROSECUTIONS
Sta,—There seems to be a glut of red herrings at Leigh-on-Sea. Unlike Mr. Archdale, I deplore the persecution both of homosexuals and of prostitutes. But these two categories of people are quite apart, and to link them in argument as Mr. Archdale (fol- lowing the bad example of Lord Kilmuir) persists in doing merely confuses all the issues. Of course there are male prostitutes, but they are a tiny segment ' of the homosexual population, and in any event if the law were brought into line with the Wolfenden recommendations their present opportunities of getting easy money through extortion or blackmail would be curbed. Where is the evidence on which Mr. Archdale bases his absurd contention that these men will be privileged in any new government drive against 'undesirable' clubs?
I am sorry if I left Dinah Tait gasping, but I really do think the street-clearing a salutary improvement. The point about the scruffy door is that interested parties have to seek it out, and if Dinah Tait's nerves are jangled by all those popping heads may I sug- gest that she keeps to the main thoroughfares where one can now perambulate pleasantly and un- molested?
No more than either of your correspondents do I consider the present situation as satisfactory— especially after last week's incredible decision of the Divisional Court—but I suspect that they would no more agree with each other than with me about pos- sible solutions.—You rs faithfully,
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