HOW TO GOVERN.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 273, 17 November 1936, Page 11

HOW TO GOVERN.

I can find little of substance calling lor an answer in "W.J.L.'s" reply in issue of 9th inst., under the heading, Explanation Wanted," to my letter of 30th ultimo. However, as he assumes he has floored me, I reply as follows (1) I advise him to read my letter again, and properly. The British delegates attack was upon the present legislation, and I merely wished to remind them that these were the laws of the duly (democratically) elected party, and, moreover, that the criticism was premature. (2) Yes! T repeat tliat past New Zealand legislation (by, necessarily, also duly elected Governments),' and economic interpretation, both based on the English system, has produced here a like crop of unemployment, poverty, and under-nourishment. "W.J.L." must surely, in these enlightened days, realise that the pivotal legislative error, in England, here, and elsewhere, has been to entrust the creation and management of money to private * institutions which exist for profit. Not xintil the sole prerogative of doing so is again vested in the King and his Ministers will this vital question be solved. "W.J.L." must know that depressions are man-made; that maldistribution is the world's trouble; King George V. was right when he said "It cannot be beyond the power of man so to use the vast resources of the world as to ensure the material progress of civilisation. No dimunition in those resources has taken place." Our present Government has already tackled this important question. It is also advancing in necessary social and subsidiary legislation; we are, in fact, striking new ground long neglected, which should ultimately rid us of the evils mentioned above. (3) My facts and figures are from local Press cables and English newspapers. Does "W.J.L." seriously doubt their accuracy? They are public property. (4) I deny that my letter Was' anti-British. Because New Zealand is an off-shoot of Britain, that surely does not mean that the "son" is disloyal because he objects sometimes to "father" forcing his views down "sonny's" throat, by reminding - "father" that his own record reveals some glaring faults? C.C.C.