REHABILITATION

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 85, 27 June 1944, Page 4

REHABILITATION

Sir, —Rehabilitation, is to-day a problem of the first, magnitude ant! it cannot be solved by finance on borrowed money at high rates of interest, neither can it be solved by capitation. If the word rehabilitation means anything to the returned soldier, it. should be to find the means of subsistance and a fresh start in life with an assurance of a good living, and that at least should be done. Mr Postlewaite says, we were told, "that the Rehabilitation Board controlled the machinery, but this has proved false;, the body whichprovides the funds is the State Advances Corporation which has the power embodied in the State Corporate, and not a guarantee by the State. This is a legacy left-by the last Government when they transferred the State Advances to settlers to the State Advances Corporation The first advance to rehabilitation should be by asking the Government to find the necessary finance through the national authority "debt free, money." This would be a step towards national reconstruction. If Alberta can. produce 600 miles of road free of debt, why should not New Zealand rehabilitate her soldiers on the same basis? . . . We have, heard a lot about rehabilitation but so far it has belied its name and therg is much to be said and much to be done to make this country a fit land for men to return to, who have fought for their country truly and well. They should not have to come back to a term of servitude caused by the. subservant administration of. high taxa-> tion! Yours etc, W. BRADSHAW.