USING RADIO FOR PEACE.
'"The greatest factor for peace is the desire of the common people for peace,” said Dr. W. R, Matthews, Dean of St. Paul’s, in a, recent sermon. “Mr. George Lansbury was right when he said that there is not a man or womayi in the country ivho does not long for peace. He might have gone farther; the masses of the population everywhere dread and detest war and desire peace. Can this force be made available? Can it get to work in time to save disaster I have a practical proposal—not mine, hut Lord Listowel’s. It is this: Broadcast shortly and effectively in German and Italian. Ido not mean propaganda, but news. Let the common people in Germany and Italy have a chance of knowing what propaganda has kept from them. Let them know that they may he led to the slaughter for a cause they do not understand. Overcome the lies of. propaganda by truth; and, above all, don’t wait until the war has started—do it now.”
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 59, Issue 39, 25 November 1938, Page 4
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