MR. IVOR THOMAS
SIR,—I must indeed have upset my friend, " A.M.C.", for him to have written that I " damned nationalisation in general indiscriminately," in- eluding the Civil Aviation Act which I myself piloted through the House !: My words, as recorded in Hansard, hardly leave room for amb:guity, They were: . I am certainly not opposed to nationalisation as such and, in answer to a recent interjection, I did in good faith pilot one nationalisa. tion Measure through this House. The attitude of sensible men in all, parties has always been that the public ownership of any industry is a question to be considered on its merits in each case. In the case of al the Measures of nationalisation so far carried out I believe the reasons on balance, were sufficient. Many hon. Members on these benches wil not agree but I still think that, on balance, they were sufficient; I makti no stronger claim. But the nationalisation of iron and steel and the stilt wilder schemes with which some hon. Members opposite are toying and in a different class from the public utilities. I refer to such questions as the land, of course.
" This strikes me as nationalisation for the sake of nationalisation. I( is dogma run mad.. r—Yours faithfully, IVOR THOMAS. House of Commons.
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