"SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN."
May I bring to the notice of the p«P oneo more the tact that "The Declaration ( Geneva," signed by Mr. Forbes on behai New Zealand in 1930, is still dishonouiW' Clauses 3 and 4of the declaration read: , child shall be the firet to receive reli" times of distress. The child shall be p'J' a position to earn a livelihood and slw ;, protected asrainst every form of exploit*""■ When Mr. Forbes was challenged wit* '' "scrap of paper" in 1932 he replied: » nothing to do with our unemployed yow ■ Mr. Forbes had no right to sign suc . te important document in the name of t^P 0 "' hide it from the people, and when found its purpose. As a New Zealand mo '.'u in the name of New Zealand's unemployed and exploited youth, I " en ' .. that my signature on this "Children's Char be honoured. A. BEN-VE* 1,
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 271, 15 November 1935, Page 6
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