A PROPOSED CLERICAL MEMORIAL TO THE ARCHBISHOPS.
[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."]
SIR,—It seems to be taken for granted that the clergy are uncompromising in their opposition to the Education Bill, and will be satisfied with nothing less than its rejection by the House of Lords. As the Bill at present stands this is probably near the truth. But I believe that if the Bill were amended on the lines which you have suggested, there are many who would accept it as the best practical solution, though not the one they would prefer. May I therefore suggest that a memorial of the clergy should be sent to the Archbishops on the lines of Mr. Macmillan's " Laymen's Memorial," with the addition of your own excellent proposal of a carefully considered "contracting-out" clause P—I am,
[We see no reason against, but many reasons for, the carrying out of our correspondent's proposal. If it is adopted, we trust that it may be found possible to employ the wording of Mr. Macmillan's memorial. There is a danger of loss of power if the demands for amendment become too much diffused and spread over too wide a ground. Con- centration of effort is what is needed.—En. Spectator.]
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