15 APRIL 1943, Page 13

R,--Surely " Janus's" reasoning in his footnote to the letters

published er the above heading in your issue of April 9th is unsound. A com- nson of the percentage of Jewish convictions with their proportion

to the total population proves nothing. The comparison should be made with the number of Jews engaged in trades in which the opportunity and temptation exist to deal in the black market, viz., the clothing and food trades.—Yours faithfully, A. S. ROBERTS. 22 Grosvenor Gardens, London, S.W. r.

[If our correspondent is in possession of statistics which he thinks should be given we shall be very glad to publish them.—En., The Spectator.]