13 MARCH 1942, Page 11

SIR,—In your splendid appeal for a " braced and compact

" nation you say: " Yet everywhere the right spirit burns, though damped down by some unexplained frustration." May I venture to offer one " explanation " where women are concerned? Women feel frustrated because in practice there is a sex-bar, which relegates them to be classed, industrially, politically, and administratively, as second-grade men.

Destroy that dam of prejudice, and see how great will be the force

of women-power released!—Yours faithfully, MARY MILLAR. 127 The Promenade, Cheltenham.