12 SEPTEMBER 1958, Page 23

EGGING THEM ON

SIR,—As a housewife there is nothing I wish more than to learn that the Egg Marketing Board has been scrapped. Why should the sadly overburdened taxpayer foot the bill for an egg subsidy and the administration thereof? This only ensures that we do ... not get fresh eggs.

It often appears to a mere woman that many politicians suffer from mental illness!—Your faith- fully, SYLVIA ANDERSSON The White House, Northfield End, Henley-on-Thames