CORRESPONDENTS' VIEWS

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 279, 25 November 1941, Page 6

CORRESPONDENTS' VIEWS

MARCH TOWARDS SOCIALISM (To the Editor) The Rt. Hon. Peter Fraser does not know why some people object to • some measure" of economic control by the State. But how much* I'nder his control, as distinct from Hitler's, there would be government "by the people." Ye-, but what people 1 Some "infallible" person in Wellington would nx wages, fir prices, set up monopolies, "place embargoes on imports, hold us to ransom every week to provide what he thinks is "social security." jj r Sullivan is foreshadowing" restrictions on trade in opposition to the principles of the Atlantic Charter The free flow of international trade is one of the most potent factors in raising the standard of living (making for "a good and full living" to quote the Prime Minister' and our Labour Government is out to "con trol." that is. restrict, if not prohibit! imports, and. as a conseouence to hamper exports. This is their famous. or rather notorious, '"insulation" policy. The best we can hope for is that the reaction of those moderate- who have voted Labour, but are r.0.%- disillusioned, will he sufficient at the next election to unseat our present dictators, and if th e t-,, party of two is able to detach a considerable number of vote< it will have done the best service to the country it is ever likely to do. liberal.