RECONSTRUCTION CONFERENCE

Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23351, 10 June 1941, Page 3

RECONSTRUCTION CONFERENCE

♦ 1 MORAL, SOCIAL, AND ECONOMIC PROBLEMS A conference of leaders, officers, and members of the moral and spiritual movements in New Zealand is being convened to find now the foundations on which the Christian reconstruction of the Dominion should be based. The date and place of the conference, which has the patronage and active support of many church leaders, have yet to be arranged. Like the Malvern conference recently held in England under the presidency of the Archbishop of York, the assembly will discuss frankly all moral, social, and economic problems. It will, however, be wider in scope than the Malvern discussions, for those taking part will include representatives of all churches -and schools of thought. This reconstruction conference is designed to show the unity and common purpose in the minds of moral and spiritual leaders and in the hearts of the people. It will therefore refrain from discussions on party politics and detailed technical methods, but will constructively outline th? fundamental Christian principles for a true basis for the people’s welfare and a better order.

In calling the conference at a time when the Empire is engaged in a struggle for its very existence, the conveners take the view that to defer deliberation on a plan for reconstruction until peace comes would be disastrous.