3 JUNE 1938, Page 23

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] SIR, —In your issue of

May 20th Mr. Walter Allen said : " But the problem of proletarian leisure is radical to our society. It cannot be solved by any palliatives ; the efforts of the B.B.C. and the Workers' Educational Association can only help those who are already predisposed to be helped."

I agree with this entirely, but as a working man, thirty years old, working an eight-hour day, with over ten years' membership of the W.E.A., may I say that after attending W.E.A. classes in Economics (two years), Psychology (three years), and Literature (six years), my own problem has been solved to such an extent that not only do I lament the shortness of man's natural life, but also the swift passing of the years. " Leisure is very sweet, Brother."—Yours, &c., F. G. H.