1 JULY 1949, Page 20

FAMILY LIFE

SIR,--The writer of the article on " The Size of the Family " says that "what is needed above all . . . is the exaltation of family life." How are we to achieve this ? Are we to have a Royal Commission on Family Life, or is the Government to take immediate action to sell this idea to the people by public propaganda? It is interesting to notice that he con- siders that the Churches can possibly be of use in this materialistic age, but there arc some old-fashioned Christians who will hardly be attracted by the only two motives for " voluntary parenthood " which he is good enough to suggest ; first, fulfilment of their own personality, and then

fulfilment of their duty to the community.—Yours. &c., D. BROGAN. 107 Albert Road, Glasgow, 5.2.