11 MAY 1951, Page 18

Guidance at Ebbw Vale

SIR,—Comment on Janus—in his final paragraph in the Spectator of May 4th—is certainly not impossible ; but for my part it is comment of regret and surprise that he should so often spoil a Most delightful con- tribution by attempting wit, at the risk of giving offence. A Welsh audience singing "Guide me 0 Thou Great Jehovah" has one clear and unsullied motive, to reach out amid all the uncertainty of life to that Greater Guide. I have little doubt that, with all his human error, Mr. ,Bevan joined in the singing, with the same clear motive.—YOurs sincerely,