30 JUNE 1961, Page 14

CAN WE AFFORD MACMILLAN?

SIR,—I am obliged to Mr. Julian Critchlcy, MP, for his reference to my article, 'It could well have been written by a Conservative MP. . . .' There could be no more devastating condemnation of the Prime Minister; not even the revealing little letter that appeared in your columns last week from the Prime Minister's Parliamentary Private Secretary—who failed to declare his interest in a moment of bashful- ness.—Yours faithfully,