19 JULY 1963, Page 14

SIR,—I am sorry that Mr. Greer did not like my

letter. We have both, however, in our different ways, drawn attention to defects in the present arrange- ments for the welfare of the elderly. I did read his article carefully and as I said was grateful for it.

A perusal of the annual report of our Council will show ways in which influence, if not 'pressure,' is being exerted. The Council is not a 'pressure group' using the term in its political sense. Some of his other comments seem to me to be splitting hairs.

It was, of course, not possible to deal in a letter in detail with the points which Mr. Greer was able to make in a long article.

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