22 JULY 1955, Page 16

HORSEPOWER POLITICS

SIR,—In your leading article on 'HorsepoWe Politics' on July 8 you did me the honour 0 referring to the comment I made in the recce Road Traffic debate to the effect 0314

while power corrupts, horsepower corrupts absolutely.

This adaptation from Lord Acton was in fact all my own work, but that kind of thing comes naturally to anyone who regularly reads your excellent paper.—Yours faithfully,

FRANK MEDLICOn