19 SEPTEMBER 1970, page 25

Postal Delays

Sir: The continuing debate on the proposals to increase postal charges seems to be con- cerned with how to control the Post Office's monopoly. Such discussion, however, avoids......

(doom In The City

Sir: Nicholas Davenport states (5 Septem- ber): 'wages have risen this year at the rate of £500 million a year extra.' This is surely a gross under-estimate? Some 20 million......

The Prescriptive Society

Sir: Mr Szamuely's 'Personal Column' (29 August) is much exaggerated. Specially the comparison with Lysenko is simply wrong. After all, the opponents of Mr Szamuely use......

Metrication Mania

Sir: At a time when we are being bulldozed into accepting the metric system there are some facts which should be considered. First, the units of the metric system are not all......

The Pop Generation

Sir: In your leader (5 September) you write: 'These youngsters, who profess to believe most of all in personal liberty, are ready to side in practice with the most illiberal and......

Letters

From John Lewis, Mark Brady, F. E. P. S. Langton, Graham Greene, Dr Israel Shahak, McG. Carslaw, L. B. Escritt, Basil Ash- more, Sir Denis Brogan. Keith R. Simpson, Peter David......