24 JANUARY 1931, page 16

[to The Editor Of The Spectator.] Sir,—to The Younger...

Mr. Bernard Shaw, when he tries to be serious, often seems to be longwinded, or else to display a surprising ignorance of the truth. Thus in his observations on Mr. Bossom's......

Letters To The Editor

CLEARING THE SLUMS [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Mr. Bossom's most inspiring articles on slum clearance which have appeared in the last two numbers of the Spectator......

[to The Editor Of The Spectator.]

Sin,—As I disagree with Mr. Bossom's major proposal, though not with some of his minor suggestions, I will deal with the two aspects in that order. I put aside the statistics of......

[to The Editor Of The Spectator.] Sir,—i Do Not Agree

with Mr. Bossom's proposed solution of " Clearing the Slums." He says that 160 acres of buildings must be pulled down and a population of 60,000 rehoused as near as possible to......