15 MAY 1947, Page 16

SIR,—Janus, in your issue of May 2nd, blames the public

for the decision to cease reservations on trains, because " reserved labels are torn down and an argument ensues." If this is true, it is deplorable—and the widest publicity should be given to the situation. For long this has been almost the only country in which a suitcase could keep a seat in a train—a gracious courtesy offered to and offered by all classes of our society. The same thing applies (for example) at Lord's; no one would dream of taking a seat already covered by a mackintosh or newspaper. It would seem that our schools and the B.B.C. could help to put things right. It will be a pity if the queuing habit overcomes our few remaining