28 MARCH 1941, Page 12

SIR,—Thank you for your article on " Straight News." It

was needed and will do good. Ours is the cause of truth and honesty, and must be served by a rigorous separation of news and comment. I rely on the first two pages of The Spectator for a summary of " straight news" and on other pages for honest comment. and I find both. I also find your reviews honest, readable and informing, whether the books be political, historical, biographical or detective fiction, the categories which chiefly interest me. Your whole paper is straight and honest. It is thereby a bulwark to democracy and