28 OCTOBER 1949, Page 20

Too Old at What?

Sta,—The figures given by your contributor, Dr. Nelson Jackson, in 11,-T article on The Able-Bodied Old are not quite correct. At least one of the "Big Five" banks compels retirement at 60 and the Imperial Chemi- cal Industries, where some 25,000 persons are involved, at 62. Tl't question of retirement, I feel, should be dealt with on a national b4" 't and not be left in the- hands of a few individuals, who in many cases d) not apply the order to themselves, for decision. During the last few years I have come into contract with many men who view the prospect of retirement at 60-62 with dismay.—Yours faithfully, H. T. Small. " Meadowcot," Lewes Road, East Grinstead.