14 OCTOBER 1949, Page 22

The 1951 Exhibition

SIR,—I am entirely in agreement with Janus that the 1951 Exhibition project had better be dropped in our hard-up circumstances. It would mean an immediate and tangible economy to scrap it. The public shows no enthusiasm for the scheme. The advantages are purely hypothetical, and costs in money and man-power are considerable. The psychological effect of the Government's proceeding with these expenses at this time is bad. Why should the ordinary individual be exhorted to exercise restraint and economy if the Government practise spending and encourage spending on certain pet projects?—Yours faithfully, H. A. SCHABBEL.

Burnleigh House. Loxwood, near Billingshurst, Sussex.