26 OCTOBER 1956, Page 22

M. of S.

SIR,—Th; nigger in the RAF woodpile is that amorphous mass the Ministry of Supply : it acts as a fantastically expensive tweeny and effectively bogs down all action—witness the mess the Fleet Air Arm is in.

One is reminded of the French, who pro- duced a magnificent AA gun in 1936, and who happily went on messing about with it so that by 1939 they had three!

Let us campaign for the abolition of the M. of S.—redeploying the redundant people into industry where they can be usefully em- ployed.—Yours faithfully, PURPLE Commander (E), RN (retd.).