WHICH WORKERS ?
SIR,—A question in Parliament by a Labour Member anxious to con- secrate May 1st in tribute to the efforts of " the workers " indicates an old grievance, which I share with others, and an abuse of language, which you as chief guardian of its purity may take up effectively. Please do. At the age of 67 I am conszious of years of work, which, alas! an eminent consultant describes as overwork, but which I am sure are not within the contemplation of the Member for Upton. I worked all my life in a black coat and with a collar added, which in certain eyes does not constitute working or confer upon the author recognition as a " worker." Unless, as it seems to me, and until the ego of the Socialist wanes, I doubt more and more the soundness of his outlook on life. Please secure for me and you the honour of the description "worker," I do not ask for the holiday.—Yours, &c., HAROLD MC.KENNA. Fairfield, Burnham, Bucks.
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