30 AUGUST 1940, Page 13

S ul — Theprinciple of Family Allowances -referred to in the leading

anicle in your issue of the 23rd instant has beea recognised in civil life by the Workmen's Compensation (Supplementary Allowances) Act, 1940, which came into force on the 19th of this month, and as many people believe it was the Trade Union members of the Cabinet who were responsible for this Act, is it too much to hope that they are already converted to the principle of allowances from the wage pool for married men with children?—Yours faithfully, Dinmore, Markland Hill Lane, Bolton. G. T. MILLS.