28 SEPTEMBER 1962, Page 15

DRITISH VOLUNTARY SERVICE

Personal explanation and fairness to Mr. Alec Dickson may I point out that Mr. Lionel eelville's surprise over my letter of August 24, expressed on September 14, appears to have made him forget not only the author's name, which does 'Iwc,d. matter in the least, but also the letter's content, ndich does. I never mentioned a staff changeover IdicijanuarY, I did not know there was one; nor „,, 11 say that VSO had become a career service.

ver put it in his head that I did?

0_1, never knew when Mr, Dickson left VSO: I ;2! know when returning volunteers started corn- thelain8 to me—after Easter Bank Holiday when Work he left VSO. Mr. Dickson never told me when oh.:iert VSO. I learned of his departure by pure t„,'_trt ce when seeing, I thought, a chance for volun- teers in Indonesia, I rang him up to learn that he been displaced. ° I do not know whether the malaise of the '-'ninteers dates from his departure or not.

12e fro GEORGE EDINGER rrn Club, Pall Mall, SW1