22 FEBRUARY 1963, Page 16

KING AND CENSORSHIP SIR,—My attention has been drawn to the

note in your issue of February 15, in which 1 am quoted as describing the Scottish rules of contempt of court as a 'stifling censorship.'

I did not use this or any equivalent phrase about the Scottish rules of contempt. The only point I made in this connection was that, since the rules of contempt in Scotland are different from, and more severe than, those in England, a difficulty might arise over a newspaper published in England but sold in Scotland.

CECIL KING

Daily Mirror Newspapers Ltd. Chairman