1 AUGUST 1931, page 17

A Charter For Walkers [to The Editor Of The Spectator.]

SIR,—Mr. C. E. M. Joad, in supporting the Access to Moun- tains and Moorlands Bill in your last issue, entirely ignores the economic side of the question. Nobody will deny that......

The -five Years' Plan [to The Editor Of-the Spectator.]

SIR, —One can understand a nation putting up with an intolerable shortage of commodities essential to a decent human existence, such as food, clothes, habitable dwellings, &c.,......

Forests Or Deserts ?

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—The statement, emanating from Government sources, was recently made that Douglas fir in British Columbia might hold out for fifteen years.......

Mixed Bathing [to The Editor Of The Spectator.]

• Sra,—How refreshing it is that someone is at last willing to admit that the idea of bathing with ladies makes him feel uncomfortable ! Perhaps it is not generally 'realized......