23 AUGUST 1969, page 26

The Jensen Bomb

Sir: Peter J. Smith is mistaken (9 August) in attributing to the antagonists of Dr Jensen unworthy motives. I didn't hear about any man who opposes studies of human heredity on......

A Bonn Diary

Sir: Either Bonn is not the place it was or Malcolm Rutherford, who complains that German eggs crack when boiled (16 Aug- has failed to exploit one of its most civilised......

Carry On Carrington

Sir: David Walder writes (26 July) that he 'would hesitate to disagree with Sir Elwyn Jones (the Attorney-General) 'because he is such a nice man'. I suggest that he bring the......

The Last Senator Kennedy

Sir: I'm sorry, but you simply can't win. The very fact that you print a couple of letters (9 August) praising Murray Kemp- ton's article (2 August) impels me to say that I......

L-hour

Sir: Strix' (Spectator's notebook', 9 August) should always carry a puncture bottle in his car. No wheel changing, no igrubbiness, no sweat. The only way to get rid of 'X' is......

Lear's Kingdom

Sir: It is a matter of total indifference to me, and I think to most of my compatriots, whether the skin of an embittered and ignorant bigot is black, pink or coffee- coloured,......