2 MAY 1941, Page 16

GOOD CHARITIES " SIR, —It was decided 46 years ago in

the Courts (in re Foveaux 1895, 2 Ch. 5ot) and has never been over-ruled, that anti-vivisection societies are " good charities " for the receipt of bequests and for ex- emption from income-tax. The chief activities of these societies at present lie (a) in attempting to prevent members of the Forces from being inoculated against typhoid, paratyphoid, tetanus and cholera, and (b) in persuading parents not to have their children immunised against diphtheria. It may be a sign of tolerance that we permit propaganda persistently directed against the public welfare, though is it necessary to subsidise it at a substantial loss to the Revenue?