10 JUNE 1955, Page 22

FOOTPLATE FOLLY

SIR,—To condone, as your leading article in this week's Spectator appears to, the unions' 'constant complaints about being put under the management of retired generals' appears to me to disregard completely the fact that Sir Brian Robertson had been closely connected with movement and transport in his military days, and also with the business world during his civilian existence.

Is this combination to be entirely written off as a qualification for his present position?— Yours faithfully, J. P. BARDSLEY

Overseas Club, St. James's, SW 1