FOOTBALL POOLS AND THE MACHINE AGE
[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.]
Stn,—Nearly the whole of Mr. Kenneth Bradshaw's letter is a tirade against the churches, although he says, rather incon- sistently, that Britain is not a Christian country. Is it possible that your correspondent has overlooked the millions of people who never go near the churches, and yet are Christian in principle ?
Mr. Bradshaw is on surer ground when he declaims against the machine, but to suggest that working men have-little left to live for but pools is,.surely, an exaggeration ! Vast numbers of workers have realised for a long time that we cannot live . by bread alone, and I could mention many organisations in this country where the cultural arts are being giyen a prominent place in their lives and aspirations, with a view to counteracting the monotonous conditions of industry which your corre- spondent portrays so vividly. When all is said and done, we have to fall back on Lowell—" He only is the free man whom the truth makes free."—Yours, &c.,
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