Answer To A Correspondent

WE have a long letter from “Disgusted New Guineaite.” He deals in a forthright manner with affairs in the Wewak-Madang area. Some of the material which he forwards is interest ing and important—like his statement that experienced craftsmen are leaving the service of the Administration because of poor pay, and any “dud” from the Army, he says, can get a job under the Administration and draw the same pay as experienced “old-timers.”

Unfortunately, “New Guineaite” does not send his name and address. There fore, his letter is not published. Persons making strong statements affecting other people may write under a nom-de-plume, but they must send their names, as evi dence of their bona fides. Their anony mity is carefully protected.