6 OCTOBER 1961, Page 17

SIR,—As , one of the million and more readers of the

Daily Telegraph who, according to Cyril Ray, have neither the money for the Times nor the mental equipment for the Guardian, I nevertheless contrive to purchase and read the Spectator regu- larly. Nor does this seem to me illogical, for both Spectator and Telegraph have, in their different ways, advocated a sane and balanced attitude towards the threatening international situation, in strong contrast to the irresponsible pranks of some of our panicky intellectuals.

Surely it was quite justifiable that the Telegraph should give full publicity to the fact that one of the leaders of this civil disobedience campaign is a man whose actions show he has not the slightest right to prescribe how our public affairs should be conducted.

W. H. PRIDMORE