CALL FOR UNITY
CONTROL OF FUNDS
REPLY TO CRITICISM
/fin appeal for unity of action and thought and the dropping of pettiness was made by Major Abel in an address last night. He said he regretted that it should be necessary, after it had been do&e so often by his Excellency the Gowernor-General, Lord Galway, and otisars, to emphasise again that all moa»ey raised for patriotic purposes was used for those purposes, and that the> Government had no say in the allocation or distribution of the money.
'Major Abel said that, unfortunately, ha had found, as collectors had found, taat some people were still choosing ifb make the fanciful idea that the dilunds were controlled by the Government an excuse for not contributing to the £1,000,000 appeal. . "It does seem to me," he added, "that there are some people who deliberately do not want! to believe that the administration and I ■expenditure of the patriotic moneys raised have nothing whatever to do •with the Government. Can these people honestly say that they are being true patriots and are doing their best for the thousands of men who have .gone overseas, if they continue to criticise the patriotic effort after the true position has been placed before them so often?" The continued criticism, based on entirely false premises, •was not helpful. It would retard the patriotic effort. Major Abel explained that, when people gave, their contributions went to their own provincial patriotic council and that all future requirements -would be drawn from the funds collected and held by the eleven provincial patriotic councils throughout New Zjealand. Arrangements had been njsade to facilitate transfers of funds ■u&ich, in the opinion of the National Patriotic Fund Board, were necessary to meet overseas requirements, such as fbr the provision of recreation huts, Cfomforts, and other amenities for our I&joops in the field, and also for the
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 121, 18 November 1940, Page 9
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312CALL FOR UNITY Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 121, 18 November 1940, Page 9
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