26 JANUARY 1940, Page 15

I cannot but feel that on this occasion the disgust

of Mr. Curry was a trifle too impatient. I ventured to suggest that he had not, in expounding The Case for Federal- Union, paid sufficient attention to difficulties and details. Mr. Curry rejoins that his book " was not intended to be a detailed plan for the reconstruction of the world." I was aware of that ; I had observed that it was dedicated to " all children everywhere." " Nor," he adds, " have I the expert know- ledge required for such a task. I had the humbler object of helping to prepare public opinion for the need of such plans." I feel that Mr. Curry's humility would have been even more striking if he had prepared public opinion for some of the obstacles with which such plans will from the outset be confronted.

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