4 APRIL 1931, Page 15

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin, —Professor Sloan's contention

is delightfully simple, but reminds one of Huxley's contention that " those who refuse to go beyond fact seldom get as far." The Russian workers have reached the Happy Land. Therefore they are living in clover and are content. But we know from direct evidence that they are in misery and in want, so (1) perhaps they are not in the happy position that he tells us, (2) perhaps the system is a dismal failure, or (3) perhaps they are all such fools that they do not know how happy they really are.—I am, Sir, &e., A. W. Wicalor. Greystones, King's Stanley, Stonehouse, Glos.