30 DECEMBER 1960, page 15

Libraries And Authors' Royalties Sir,—mr. Forster, Your...

fully entitled to criticise my television manner, and I make no complaint about that. He is not entitled to sup- port his criticism by misrepresenting what I said. I did not......

Balance Of Payments Sir,—the Excellent Series Of Articles...

Davenport has brought out what I think is incon- testable, that you cannot run the British economy as a free-for-all subject only to monetary controls of a general nature. The......

S !rt. — Robert Conquest Doubts Whether An Intelligent...

in the Thirties, 'the Americans are Fascists.' Though I am reluctant to dispute such a . matter with so eminent an expert on things Ros- man, I remember, in November of 1942.......

Whitewash?

Ludovic Kennedy asks for 'information as to Admiral Rogge's contribution towards keeping the gas chambers filled.' That is easily given. He fought, very efficiently and in a......

Opus Dei Sir,—may Another Catholic University Teacher...

reply to Mr. Bergonzi's unfair attack on Opus Dei. Surely it is inconsistent for one who prides him- self on being a liberal Catholic to admit the illiberal motive of giving......

What Shall We Do With Naughty Children?

SIR,—Alt)lough I. agree with most of Lady Wootton's article, urely—and surprisingly—she is idealising one aspect of the situation? Not every child has 'familiar and beloved......

Do Sir Alan Herbert, Mr. J. A. White And Their

associates intend that the principles embodied in the Libraries (Public Lending Right) Bill be extended to cover all libraries where only one copy of a book may be used by......

Dan Leno

SIR,—With vanity and vainly, I have long been try- ing to infiltrate into the English tongue a word meaning 'he who has a maniac love of nostalgia.' Despite anguishedly precise......