Dear Sir

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 93, 12 February 1947, Page 4

Dear Sir

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THE SURF CLUB Sir, —When so many young fellows are willing to give their time and effort in training for the unselfish task of preserving life in a country with so limited a population, it is up to those who cannot make strenuous personal efforts to assist with finance. Saving life is one of New Zealand's greatest needs; quoting from the "Herald" there were 19 drownings of children under 12 years since last Labour Day. Most of the fatalities in the Dominion this, year (44 since Labour Day) occurred in places which were not served with regular life saving rescue teams. These organisations were responsible for saving several, lives holiday season. As one of those somewhat beyond a physical effort I feel under an obligation to assist financially and am pleased to help by donating £lo— I enclose. Yours etc., F. MAHY, Senr. (In thanking our corespondent we point out that his donation is officially acknowledged elsewhere. Ed.)'

WANTED! INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM Sir, —Those who have eyes to see and ears to hear must have observed the steady deterioration of life* in England, and perhaps to a lesser extent in the British Commonwealth, both morally and physically. As the statistical wealth of the

nation has. increased, the rate per man-hour has been accelerated by a factor of at least one hundred-and ' probably more, therefore it is indisputable that something is happening which is being ignored. There are many factors to be reckoned with. The first (a) is that most of our production has little value in. adding to the pleasure of life. The

second (b) is that a vast amount of our exports are a complete loss from ~ which we get no return. And third- ' ly (c) we get less return each year per unit of export, so that the amount of labour per unit of 'import' tends to remain constant, or to increase irrespective of the productivity of that unit. This is the system and its creed is "full employment" for unspecified ends. But there are two policies which can be applied to the situation. One of these is being published by every means that modern methods can devise. It is the policy of unlimited power of the world state (the International Bretton Woods scheme).

And the second is hardly mentioned and still less understood. It is the policy of the free individual. There is really no'room for argument about the matter. Not a day passes without some action being taken to ; make the individual more impotent, and to transfer his individual initiative—his personal the' mass. The Trades Union, the Cooperative "Movement" (co-operation between High Finance and the "Labour". Party to monopolise and car-

telise distribution). The producing cartels, the various infringements on real property, and the most dead-, ly of all, the combination of Calculated inflation, taxation and ' "coupon" restrictions,, are all steps, to Russian serfdom. So the main features of this period can be discerned without much difficulty. The pressure to organise larger and larger units (centralised) will be accompanied by bigger and worse disasters, to break down your moral and physical individuality. . Yours etc., W. BRADSHAW.