13 JANUARY 1956, page 17

Working-class Conscripts

SIR.---This must be one of many letters to Protest against an obnoxious piece of con- descension by Mr. Charles Curran in his article on 'The Woman Voter.' He writes : She [the......

Frank Harris Stn,—i Am Sorry Mr. Gerald Hamilton Did Not

conclude his very just article on Frank Harris by quoting Bernard Shaw's epitaph of him. When Harris died Shaw wrote: 'Here lies a man of letters, who hated cruelty and......

Sir,—if Sir William Hamilton Fyfe's Sheets Had Been...

the process known as 'sides to middles' (non-U) he would have no difficulty with his bed-making. I will gladly exchange four pairs of my sheets for one pair of his,—Yours......

Sir,—mr. Charles Curran Is, One Suspects, Only Partly...

is, at any rate, only partly right. The working-class woman voter is not quite the half-wit he so politely supposes. My warrant for these remarks is a much-worn book, wherein......

Bed-making Without Tears Sir,—regarding Sir William...

,sheets, every soldier knows that Army sheets have three lines running down the middle. Even if the War Office cannot emulate the generosity of the blanket manufacturers, it......

Sir,—as A Friend Of Sir Roger Casement (one Of The

few in this country still living) I welcome your action in bringing to light 'The Mystery of a Diary,' and I support the state- ment of your correspondent, Mr. Robert Kee, that......

Sir,—the Comments In Your 'notebook' Of December 1.6 That...

aim of any passenger transport undertaking should be to provide services in the right place at the right time is surely a truism and is a policy adopted by bus operators......

The Mystery Of A Diary Sta,—it Never Occurred To Me

that my short account of the Casement affair would have such strong repercussions. I had no personal knowledge of the affair as I was wholly occu- pied with the machinery for......