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view many difficult areas in Wales are difficult because there is insufficient activity or income to attract electrical development. In turn, these will remain inactive and poor while they lack electricity. Thus a vicious circle is formed which can only be broken, within sound economic prin- ciples, by unified development such as has been perfected by TVA. The evidence available to-day on regional development shows conclusively that there is no technical, administrative, geographic or economic reason for tearing the nation apart and piling frustration upon frustration. It must be obvious to all that concentration of administrative power in a few hands is destroying the British sense of social responsibility. It may be that as regards Wales the Government takes the view that it is worth risking a nation's soul in order to gain a whole world, but what when the gains are calculated upon misconceptions and false premises ? Birds of a Feather By T. GWYNN JONES IN the warm, delightful sunshine, John Dafis, despite his four-score years, was hard at it, digging his garden, while Elin, his wife, only five years younger than he, was busy doing her washing outside, near the door of the house. John had worked on the local farms all his life, and had always lived at Ty'n-yr-ardd, where he had been born. By constant unremitting toil and the strictest economy he had succeeded in getting together a little money, as a backing for the time when he would be too old or too unfit for more work but even now, despite his great age, he managed to do an occasional odd job, and to work his garden, so that, as yet, there had been no need to dip heavily into his savings. He had not very much, of course, and he was in constant dread lest it should be used up before Elin and he would die. That was always his reply to his neighbours when they would suggest he ought to give up working and take things easily in his old age. His chief fear was that he might some day be compelled to go on the parish.' John Dafis was a bit old fashioned. He did not have faith in banks, and so did not take his money to one to be cared for. He gave it over to William Huws to keep William Huws, Y Wern Fawr, the biggest farmer and the foremost man of the district. 'William Huws insisted upon pay- ing him interest, despite unwillingness on John Dafis's part.