MR. WILFORD'S LETTER.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 135, 10 June 1925, Page 11

MR. WILFORD'S LETTER.

(To the Editor.) Sir, — The exceedingly moderate and wise letter addressed by Mr. Wilford, head of the Liberal party, to the I'rime .Minister, on the subject of the suggested fusion of the two parties, will Hud an echo in the minds of the most thoughtful people. It creates, so to speak, an atmosphere far higher ami wider than the mere adjustment of political parties and of office seeking, and it is to be hoped it will go far towards not only blending two parties, which have so much in common, but will also do something towards enlisting the sympathy and assistance of the Labour party, whose somewhat narrow view —embracing the interests of one class only—has always been deplored. Among all "the classes which makn up the general public, none are mo.c entitled to take mi active share in the Government of the country than Labour, and it is largely their own faults that this has not been the case. .Mr. Wilford's letter should be carefully read by everyone, for it 13 a fine exposition of personal self-sacrifice, combined with a wide view of the position and necessities of the whole country, indeed of the Empire, which, as -*c all know, needs the united strength and co-operation, not of one or two. but of all sections of the community.—l am, etc., E. C. SHEPHERD.