CALL TO YOUTH.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 158, 6 July 1935, Page 6

CALL TO YOUTH.

SERVICE TG COUNTRY.

PLEA FOll TOLERANCE

That tlie country requires and demands self-sacrifice on the part of its younger generation, was a point made by the president of the Canterbury Progress League, Mr. F. W. Johnston, speaking at the annual meeting this week. With the huge State undertakings in New Zealand special inducements should be held out to induce the brainiest of the younger men to enter the Civil Service instead of going overseas, he said. The country should call on the rising generation to give of its best for the good of the nation, call also on the older generation (whether it was truly Christian or not) at least to adopt Christian principles and precepts in its attitude towards their fellow men, especially towards the "underdog," and call, too, on the workers for their help and co-operation. Great Britain had shown the way by her tolerance in the manner in which she had conducted her recent negotiations with other great nations and, in particular, those with Germany over naval armaments. The watchword of the world should be tolerance. ."We in New Zealand have advanced a long way 011 the road to State Socialism, even if we are not already committed to it," said Mr. Johnston, who reviewed the field of State activities, in insurance, hydro-electric systems, railways, motor transport, post and telegraph services, wireless and banking. "Are we not, therefore, committed to State Socialism ?" he asked. The term, he said, was not synonymous with republicanism. What good had come of the creation and cornering of wealth by the millionaires of America? asked the speaker. Had it resulted in the betterment of those millionaires or their country ? A statistical return on that score would be interesting. Mr. H. T. Armstrong, M.P., said that the address sounded the right note. "It shows that all along we have been meiely clipping the lc-aves of the social evils which exist," he said. "The sooner we get down to the root causes of our troubles the sooner will we be happier. The economic structure itself is wrong."