22 APRIL 1960, Page 16

HOLIDAYS WITH PREJUDICE

is always a pleasure to read Mr. Bernard Levin and I was particularly pleased to read his attack on employers who operate a colour bar. I was distressed, however, that he should have picked out as his first example Messrs. Justerini and Brooks, the wine merchants. My experience of them does not support his accusation. About two years ago I asked them to take on a West Indian protege. He is still there. Last December. I was landed with a more difficult problem : placing a young man who not only was coloured but had just been in prison for theft. After hawking him all round London without success, who gave him the temporary job he was seeking? Justerini and Brooks.—Yours faithfully, ROBIN MCDOUALL

123 Cheyne Walk, SW10