12 SEPTEMBER 1941, page 14

Invalids And Income-tax

Sut,—May I add my plea—so excellently expressed by "A Sym- pathiser "—that invalids with small fixed incomes should have a disability-allowance from Income Tax? We must all do......

Anti-janus

Sta,—I am merely writing to say that I think the remarks of " Janus " about the two hymns in last week's Spectator were in extremely bad taste. I hope others agree with......

Calculating German Casualties

Sut,—In Mr. C. R M. F. Cruttwell's History of the Great War, 1914-1918 (second edition, 1936), the following figures, from official returns, are given for German casualties over......

Sampling Public Opinion

Sta,—I have not read Poverty and Progress, but I am surprised at the statement by " Janus " that the results of the sampling method used to secure certain data given in this......

Collecting For Bombs

Sut,—Collecting in districts of England for bombs to be dropped on Germany is obviously anti-Christian. So is paying income-tax, which provides money for precisely the same......

Education In Spending

SIR,—Education, in all its forms, is so much discussed at the present time that I am diffident about suggesting another branch. Yet it came to me after twice reading Miss......

"i Liked The Life I Lived"

Sta,—In a footnote to my letter, published in your issue of September tit, your reviewer admits having made three inaccurate statements in his " notice " of my book, I Liked the......