"WRITERS AT BAY
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Permit me to congratulate you on publication of the article, " Writers at Bay," by E. M. Forster, which appeared in your May 21st issue. An article of this type is precisely what United States readers need to enlighten them, but our editors do not or cannot publish articles that are outspoken on this subject. Occasionally a very weakly written article will appear, • timidly touching—not hitting—the ways and means of an author. When these weak articles are issued they bring floods of. protests from readers threatening to cancel subscriptions and denouncing editorial policies.
If a United StStes editor would publish a real straight article, instead of beating around the bush, on the United States' authors, it would, indeed, be a brilliant achievement. Trusting you will continue to publish impartial articles that enable readers to see conditions as they really exist.—I am, 50 North Thirteenth Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
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