20 DECEMBER 1968, Page 25

Sir: May I correct an error made by Mr Waugh

in his article published in your issue of 6 December? It was students from Sussex, not Essex, University who referred Mr Skeffington-Lodge to the Director of Public Prosecutions.

Not only am I distressed that Mr Waugh should confuse our two universities, but also that he should imagine that such a public- spirited action could possibly emanate from the mudflats of Essex. Besides, our vigilant concern for the oppressed Celtic peoples has been of no avail, for the Director of Public Prosecutions has decided that, in his view, the remark 'silly billies' does not come under the terms of section six of the 1965 Race Rela- tions Act.

John Ormowe Falmer House, University of Sussex, Brighton, Sussex