Cappicade

Sir,

I would be grateful if you would publish this letter in the next issue of your rag.

I object strongly to your sensational headlines and consider your insinuations to be most unjust. I admit and I have stated to many people that the organisation of Cappicade was a shambles and I have therefore accepted the blame that has come my way. As you stated in your article, I had too little assistance in the distribution—not that I was supposed to be on the distribution side—and, therefore, could not keep an accurate control of the magazines.

If there were six to ten people distributing Cappicade then I would estimate that no more than 500 or 600 magazines would be unaccounted for.

I would like to point out one of the many mistakes in your "Truth" like article. This concerns the disposal of unsold Cap-picades and can also be applied to unsold Salients. Spike or Extrav programmes.

There is no direction on any of the association's files as to what should be done with unsold magazines. In 1960 I disposed of many hundreds of magazines and in 1961 I disposed of many thousands of the wretched things and both these sets of accounts were audited!

I repeat that they were audited so it is clear that this was an accepted procedure. How is it that Moriarty says this is not the standard procedure? How would Moriarty know everything about it as he has been at the university for only three years with probably no time on Capping Committee, etc.?

Your reference to dumping in a tip was most unjust and read as if I had something to hide—I disliked intensely having to dispose of so many unsold mags—but these were the instructions I was given in 1960 by the Sudents' Association President.

Sales did not go as well as anticipated and something had to be done with the mags. Just as thousands of excess 1962 Extrav programmes were dumped, so were the 1962 Cappicades.

I wish to make one suggestion, and that is that all those who criticised me most be asked to "have a go" at selling Cappicades and then they will know what they are talking about.