IN DARKEST GERMANY Sm,—Mr. Zvegintzov first wrote that I ignored,
as a factor in the appalling housing situation, the incursion of expellees. I showed by quotation that, on the contrary, I emphasised it. Mr. Zvegintzov could have with- drawn, which would have been courteous, or been silent, which might have been wise. He preferred to retort that the housing crisis " was caused, not aggravated," as much by the influx of refugees as by military destruction. Whether this is so or not (and Mr. Zvegintzov is confusing last winter, with which I was not dealing, and this winter, with which I was), how is it relevant to the truth or otherwise of his charge that I "ignored" the expellees? Mr. Zvegintzov says that we want facts, not woolliness; I couldn't agree more.—Yours, &c., Lit Henrietta Street, W.C.2. VICTOR GOLLANCZ.
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