A NATIONAL POLICY
Sta,—I have read the article of October 1st by Quintin Hogg, M.P., with great interest. What I would much like to have stated in plain words is: What sort of " universal sacrifices " shall we have to make " to re- stock or re-equip shattered Europe "? Does Mr. Hogg mean that, for instance, the better housing and education plans will have- to be delayed because the cash must go in gift-machinery for factories in devastated Europe? Does he mean British households must go on with j lb. of sugar and lb. of meat per person for years that Europe may be fed? Will our shoes and stockings be rationed for years that our boot and stocking factories may send gifts or lease-lend goods abroad? Let us know the kind of sacrifices. And if our people have abundant work and wages while occupied on European relief-production, is it con- ceivable that they would endure short commons in all ways of living for an ideal that in the nature of things cannot stir them as their own
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