20 OCTOBER 1967, Page 28

Clement Attlee

Sir: Christopher Hollis (13 October) alludes, de- lightfully, to the brevity of Lord Attlee's letters. I think I must have received the shortest one that even he ever wrote. I had written to him asking him whether, as a member of the committee, he would be likely to agree with certain proposals concerning the National Appeal for Youth. His reply—a hand- written one—was: 'Dear Frankland, Yes. Yrs, Attlee.