THE PERPLEXED VOTER
Sia,—Referring to Mr. Kenneth R. Day's letter under the above heading, I would suggest that there is no need for any voter to be perplexed, as the issue at the General Election will be quite clear. The electorate will have to decide whether they desire the present Government to be returned to office with the certainty of further nationalisation of industries, or whether they desire to have an administration which will govern the country on sound principles which are not based on ideologies and Socialist theories. If the latter, tha electors would most probably attain their desire by voting for,...the Conservative candidates. If, however, the Liberals prefer to remain apart and plough their lonely furrow, the resulting three-cornered contests will most probably mean a further term of office for the Labour Government.
Mr. Day is of opinion that making an election agreement with either the Socialists or the Tories, would mean the Liberal Party's extinction. The answer to that is, that from 1906 the Liberal strength in the House of Commons has consistently declined, until its total representation in 1945 was redUced to 25, including 13 National Liberals and two Independents. Mr. Day's idea of a, small number of ,Liberals holding the " balance of power" in the Commons as between evenly thatched Labour and Con- servative Parties is undemocratic and unworthy. We do not want govern- ment- by a minority. The electors need not be perplexed.. They simply have to make up their minds whether - or not they desire the present Government to be returned to office, and vote accordingly.—Yours, &c.,
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