NEW MEN IN THE TOWN HALL
SIR,—The dangers of the introduction of politics into local government may not be apparent to the recently-elected councillors until after a year or so in office. Local government is big business; one only has to look down the financial requirements of an Education Committee to realise the point. If one is dissatisfied with the present national government, the place to express one's views is at a general rather than a local election, because in spending thousands of pounds of public money one requires a fair proportion of councillors used to handling such sums—in other words the big businessman.
One is inevitably, drawn to the conclusion that local government is not likely to benefit much from the present anti-government vote at local elections —the current Liberal candidates who are taking over so many Conservative seats are, in the main, drawn from non-business society.
It. TURRALL-CLARKE The Lindens, Pyr lord, Surrey
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