POINTS FROM OTHER LETTERS

Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23589, 17 March 1942, Page 7

POINTS FROM OTHER LETTERS

Fred Hern, who says that he was operated upon for varicose veins some years ago. expresses the wish that military and legal authorities would visit him ‘‘before they condemn any more objectors to two months’ imprisonment for refusing to be operated upon.” In view of the need for greater wheat production and the danger that farms will be inefficiently worked and production fall, “Farmer’s Daughter” suggests that the time has come to consider the release from camp of “some of Canterbury’s best farmers.” Answering "A Man's Job.” who suggested that boys were being allotted tasks too heavy for them during an alarm. “Transport” says that their task will “simply be to transport stretcher cases from hospital wards to vehicles parked close by." The boys are up to 18 years of age, he adds, and “specially selected” for their strong physique. J. M. Fraser writes: “It is disgusting to read of men refusing to load wheat or potatoes because the sacks are « few pounds overweight. ... If we all lift a few pounds extra we may win the war.” Commenting on N. M. Bell’s statement that “we ought to be giving back self-government to 420,000,000 coloured men and women” in India, E. A. Dennis says that the cause of the delay in regard to self-government for India is “chiefly that the Indians cannot trust one another, or agree with one another. or respect one another’s views, or administer justice between one another.”