20 DECEMBER 1968, page 26

New Emphasis On Savings

Sir: In present circumstances, no scheme, however artfully contrived, would tempt me to put my savings into government paper cur- rency, unless I were made to do so by statute.......

Biafra And Human Rights

Sir: My sympathies, like most other people's, were instinctively with General Ojukwu's original declaration of the independent state of Biafra, in spite of the deep regret I......

Martin Luther King

Sir: 'If the moderates fail to act now history will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamour of the bad people,......

Out Of Scale

Sir: How refreshing it was to read Mr Thomp- son's remarks in 'Spectator's notebook' (6 December) on the inherent dangers of regional super-councils. Mr Thompson is one of an......

The State Of The Nation

Sir: The state of the nation is. as you say (13 December), depressing and ,your diagnosis is confirmed by the majority of letters to The Tunes this past week on the 'Vesuvius'......

Why Bolt All The Doors?

Sir: Although having been much involved in cricket over the past thirty years I have not, until now, really understood what this d'Oliveira business has been all about and have......