R.A.F AND TRAINING
SIR,—I am glad that the question of E. V. T. in the R.A.F. is being aired. I can endorse Honours Graduate's letter and the fact that many Educa- tion Officers are cynically disgusted at the lack of interest—almost obstruction—of the higher authorities.
One case in point is probably illustrative of many. A man aged nearly forty left a well paid responsible position to volunteer for the R.A.F. and became an enthusiastic volunteer for one of the first E.V.T. courses to be organised. He was assured that he would begin work as a sergeant about a month after V-Day. Since then he has received no communica- tions of any description, though when he was posted overseas his C.O. got into touch with Records to try and get him reserved as an E.V.T. instructor. He was informed that these men had no special status, and that if and when E.V.T. started in the Far East he would probably be called upon.
This man is at present navvying in India, where a rigid censorship precludes the possibility of your receiving from him the letter he would
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