SIR, — May I voice my opinion regarding Sir John Hope Simpson's
article ? [To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR]
Sir John deplores the Government's action in refusing to admit to this country every Jewish applicant for refuge. I think, as a fair-minded Englishman, that with our vast army of unemployed, and our multitudes of miserably paid workers we have enough to contend, without adding burdens to our much taxed nation.
Personally, I like and admire the Jewish race, but charity, after all, should begin at home, and the Government's stand in this matter is surely just, if necessarily hard. As regards those refugees who are likely to start successful businesses, it is within my personal knowledge that most aliens invariably employ the greatest possible number of their own people. In fact, it may safely be said that every worth-while job they create will be so occupied ; unfortunate Britishers benefit little from such enterprises.—Yours faithfully,
68 Belleville Road, Battersea, S.W.,. r. ELEANOR ELLISON.
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