CHILDREN AT WEMBLEY.
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Referring to the suggestion, made in your issue of June 14th, that poor London children should be taken to the British Empire Exhibition by the voluntary societies; may I say that the Church Army would have been very glad to have undertaken a work of this kind? We have, however, made inquiries from the responsible public authorities, and we learn that the field of work in this direction is very ade- quately covered, and the Education Officer of the London County Council informs us that the response in the schools for subscriptions has been very good. Also, that requisitions on the sum set apart for the purpose of taking children to the Exhibition have been comparatively small, and that in many cases eligible children have been enabled to go to the Exhibi- tion twice.
In view of this information, therefore, we feel that it would not be right for us to press for funds for this purpose.—I am, (Financial Organizing Secretary). The Church Army, Bryanston Street,
Marble Arch, London, W, 1.
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