Compulsory Associationism

The review of R. M. Martin's article in "Political Science" ("Salient," May 2) will remind students that they are themselves vicitims of the morally outrageous system of compulsory unionism. How many members would the Students Association be able to recruit if membership were not a condition of enrolment at the College? I would suggest to your readers that there may be some connection between this compulsion and much-bemoaned apathy which infects student affairs.

Your editorial of April is attributes much of the inactivity of the Labour Party to compulsory membership in its affiliate unions—surely the argument applies equally logically to the Students Association?

Second Year Arts.