16 JUNE 1933, Page 15

ABOLISHING THE SLUMS [To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] S1R,—May

I underline the point made by Major Yeats-Brown about the attitude of some—he might have said many— Christians to the question of birth-control and the com- munication of the best means of achieving it to the very poor ? I feel very strongly that this is the one part of the problem whiCh is in great danger "of being neglected and I thank Major Yeats-Brown. for. his courage in bringing it forward and-you, Sir, -for lendin ; the columns of your great journal for the purpose. Being a Church of England clergyman of no distinction or eminence it would obviously be unwise to add my signature at the present juncture, so