Letter: Maxwell's match

From Mr A. R. Godfrey

Sir: While agreeing with your assessment of Maxwell as a thief, liar and bully (leading article, 20 January), you are incorrect when you say no one confronted him. The print unions did in no uncertain fashion. I know, I was there.

One occasion, which lingers pleasantly in my memories of Holborn, was when a chapel meeting was being held by the machine minders in their locker- room and Maxwell hammered on the door demanding entry as "the building's owner" and was told to "piss off back to Czechoslovakia".

Yours sincerely,

A. R. Godfrey

Bexhill on Sea, East Sussex

20 January