[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.]
Sia,—Sir Harold Bellman has, I fear, missed the point of my letter. I did not suggest dividing the £50,000 or any money amongst the unemployed. What I tried to emphasize was that the time was inopportune for Government spending merely to add another treasure to the thousands already in the British Museum, but that if any money were available it should be allocated to more urgent needs. For .example, such a sum would provide for the building of one hundred of the much needed small houses and to that extent provide the much needed employment.
Sir Harold passed over my reference to cancer research and treatment. Who knows how near we are to discovering the cause of this terrible scourge of modern civilization and any money which can be spared for research to hasten the glad day, should be willingly found ? If I may draw a parallel, what would be thought of a householder with limited means purchasing an expensive antique and failing to provide the immediate essentials for his family ? • I have the greatest respect for Sir Harold, some of whose public utterances I have noted with appreciation and approval, and it is surprising, therefore, that he treats so flippantly a protest born of serious conviction.—I am, Sir, &c.,
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