THE MAIL

To the Editor of the Crimson:

Unwarranted and unsound, the ban on corsages imposed by two House winter dance committees threatens the livelihood of the florists of Harvard Square. To the committees, "no corsages" are a part of a promotional stunt. That stunt, to us, is a matter of life and death. In place of a corsage, there is a compulsory inclusion in the ticket price of a payment toward a defense bond lottery.

Why were flowers singled out for discrimination? Flowers and defense do not compete for materials, etc. You cannot make factories of our shops. Yet if the policy of Lowell and Winthrop House becomes general, in exchange for a small purchase of defense bonds the businesses, and the jobs that flowers provide in the Square will certainly be destroyed.

We protest this unwise discrimination and ask that this dictated penalty be removed. Corsages are an individual's problem; let them remain such. Nick Christopher,   For the Florists of Harvard Square.