13 NOVEMBER 1964, Page 15

SIR, -- You criticise Mr. Wilson for the way he re- ferred

to the Member for Smethwick; you call him vicious and describe his phrase as vulgar and venomous. I do not know what Mr. Griffiths had said, but his case apart, racialism is illogical, cruel and horribly dangerous. To reply to racialist re- marks with a polite protest seems utterly inadequate. Remembering Nazi Germany and American lynch- ings, we may conclude that something much more memorable is called far. Perhaps a vicious slap across the face.