26 AUGUST 1949, Page 16

MINISTERS ON HOLIDAY

piR,-Mr. Harold Nicolson is wrong in supposing that it is the emotion of envy that has prompted invidious comment upon the holidays of Mr. Levan and Sir Stafford Cripps abroad. The reason why many people object to the holiday flight abroad of Cabinet Ministers is that these are tlhe very persons who have forced upon this island a regime which makes n holiday here a mockery—little food, drink only at high prices, and no One to answer the bell.—Yours faithfully, EVAN JACK. Barnston Old Rectory, Dumnow, Essex.