LEFT BOOK CLUB ACTIVITIES SIR, —What are we going to

do to counteract the activities of the Left Book Club? Heave a pious -sigh and continue to sit on the fence piacialy twirling our thumbs? No wonder Left propaganda is assuming such alarming proportions! Meanwhile the worthy Dean of Canterbury will tour the country describing the raptures of the Soviet paradise and bliss of Red Spain, whilst playfully giving the clenched fist salute. Let us bear in mind that among his large audiences there will be many simple, earnest souls without any particular bias, just anxious to hear the truth. And they will be deceived, for how arc they not to credit an eye-witness, especially one of the Dean's standing and profession?
We must wake up, shake off our turpitude whilst it is not too late, and organ
ise a Christian defence. It is imperative that a group of able speakers be formed on the lines of the C.E.G. Specially trained and well infermed, they would make a point of atteriding every such meeting to ask searching questions, argue, and reveal the speakers in their true light. It is because they feel so secure, because we are so lethargic and indiflercnt, that the Communists are able to spread a network over the country. I know by personal experience that Communist speakers will not stand up to determined opposition; they are able to speak only to sympathetic or misled audiences.
N. W. London.
Distributism
SIR,—Each Saturday evening our local branch of the C.E.G., assisted by the Scouts, sells Catholic papers and C.T.S. pamphlets in the main road, outside the church. As often as funds permit, we also distribute free leaflets to the passers-by. We have a stall and C.T.S. rack, brilliantly lit, and an attractive display of posters. (Local shopkeepers are also being approached, but so far with little success).
P. M. H. Chingford.
Counteracting Workers' Bookshops
SIR, —I agree with your correspondent, Phyllis M. Hale; that something should be done to counteract the " Workers' Bookshops," but the difficulty is to find people who will undertake the work.
For myself, I am trying to start a bookshop for the sale of Catholic and anti-Red literature in a town where the workingclass population are at present nose-led by a small but intensely active " Red Intelligentsia," and where there is no Catholic Action whatever. Such a shop could, I feel, be a self-supporting, if not a profitmaking concern, and would form an intellectual centre for the dissemination of Catholic and Christian views.
So far, I have been hampered by the lack of a suitable partner. I cannot afford to pay a staff, and I cannot do all the work myself.
There is plenty of work to be done, but who will do it?
" AcenoteNente."
Leaflets
SIR,—I notice that in your editorial note to a letter under the above heading in the current issue of the Catholic Herald you kindly make reference to the Liverpool " Pro-Deo Commission."
It will perhaps be of interest to your readers to know that the following leaflets by the Commission ate now in stock and can be obtained at the under-mentioned address at 5s. 6d. per thousand, postage extra: Beware of the Left Book Club; Spain's Red ' Government' Exposed; What Has Religion Done for Me? These leaflets have received full ecclesiastical approval.
REV. CHAIRMAN.
Liverpool Archdiocesan Pro-Deo Commission. Cathedral Buildings, Brownlow Hill, Liverpool, 3.
SUNDAY WORK
SI R,—I am an official of a Trade Union, many of whose members are employed at a large works in this district. who periodi
cally work seven days a week. I have been approached at times by Catholics who find it difficult and fatiguing to attend Mass and go to employment on a Sunday.
You quote Canon Jackman: " Once God has been duly worshipped." but surely man has a social obligation, or else what are the Encyclicals about?
F. 1. PARE,,