February 20, 1971 Economists' Case against Liner Conferences A Comment H M Trivedi I HAVE read with interest S N Sank- lecha's able review "Economists' Case against Liner Conferences" (October 10, 1970, p 1687). I have also seen the book reviewed ("The Economic of Ocean Freight Rates" by Esra Bennathan and A A Walters), The review has provoked some reflections in which your readers may be interested.