6 JANUARY 1950, Page 19

Propaganda and the Election

SIR,—May I correct two mistakes made by your correspondent, Mr. Harvey R. Cole, on "Propaganda and the Election ? " He says: " No- body can obtain sugar except from Tate & Lyle Refineries...." This is incorrect. Tate & Lyle satisfy only just over half the sugar requirements of the country. But, owing to the continuation of war-time zoning, people are prevented from getting the sugar of their choice. Surely it is time for this war-time control to be removed. Apart from this, every grocer has the option of taking his sugar supplies in 1-cwt. or 2-cwt. bags and packing it, if he wishes, in sloganless packets on his own premises.

Mr. Cole's statement that " the Tate & Lyle campaign is clearly intended to influence the outcome of the General Election " is also incor- rect. We have only one end in view, to get sugar refining removed from the list of industries to be nationalised. If the Labour Party—in Mr. Cole's words, " alone in proposing to nationalise sugar refining "- removes us from its list, our campaign will cease.—Yours faithfully, PETER RUNGE, Director, TATE & LYLE. LTD. Plantation House, Mincing Lane, E.C.3.