26 JUNE 1926, Page 13

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR, —Mr. Hamilton Fyfe, in

his letter just published in your columns, accuses the Capitalists' chiefs " of among other things, " blunting the sharpness of intellect by gambling and sport." Only this morning the Daily Herald newsbill in our industrial district read as follows :—" Templegate 20 to 1 Double." On purchasing the paper itself I found a considerable part of it devoted to racing, with a very comprehensive list of runners and odds, and a prominent notice to the effect that its own racing tipster had named three winners the day before. Strangely enough one of its political articles was headed,

" People Who Live In Glass Houses." • Is Mr. Fyfe seeking to blunt the intellect of his own sup- porters 7 And are his other accusations equally sincere