June 20, 2008

Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Investment Management

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

Attention:  Patricia Williams

Re:	The Alger Funds
	Registration Statement on Form N-1A
	(File Nos.: 811-1355, 33-4959)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

At the request of the staff (the “Staff”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), the undersigned Registrant acknowledges the following:

·the Registrant is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing;

·Staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to Staff comments in the filing reviewed by the Staff do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; and

·the Registrant may not assert Staff comments as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.

Sincerely,

THE ALGER FUNDS

By:	/s/ Hal Liebes
	Name:	Hal Liebes
	Title:	Secretary