TOTAL EFFORT NEEDED

Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23748, 21 September 1942, Page 4

TOTAL EFFORT NEEDED

PRODUCTION FOR VICTORY PRIME MINISTER’S BROADCAST “If we in New Zealand are to play our full part in the war qur total efforts, both civilian ? nd /S® required," said the Prune Minister (th Rt. Hon. P. Fraser) in a broadcast address last evening. “We have done a great deal and it is very creditable to ill concerned. But for success we must do more yet. We must realise that any interruption in the flow of production is helping our enemies, and we must continue with production at high presMr Fraser said that New Zealand s needs and difficulties were well understood in the United States and that everywhere he went he found a warm appreciation of the war effort that had already been made in the Dominion. This, he said, was largely due to the excellent way Mr Nash had done his work in Washington. Just as in New Zealand there was a general appreciation of the urgent need for a sustained effort from everyone, so in the United States there was a serious realisation that production must be maintained. The lease-lend arrangements made it possible for New Zealand to put her resources at the disposal of the United States and for the United States to give New Zealand reciprocal help, and although the needs of the United States would put considerable demands on the Dominion it was essential that New Zealand should satisfy those needs and thus materially help the United Nations’ effort towards victory. “My time in Washington was brief," said Mr Fraser, “but I had time to learn something of the extent of war production in both the United States and Canada. Since I was there a year ago on my return from England there , has been an enormous increase in Canada's production. It is a phenomenal achievement.” Mr Fraser said he learnt also much of the efforts on the production fronts of the United Nations from representatives of all the different countries concerned. "They all expressed the greatest confidence in ultimate victory,” he said. “But the position in the Pacific, and indeed throughout the world, is still hanging in the balance. Success will depend on the ability of the Allied nations to organise their resources and to unite their efforts towards the maximum production at home, as well as' on the efforts of the fighting forces on the battle fronts. We must prepare ourselves to work even harder, and perhaps to suffer hardship so that we may look forward confidently to victory and freedom."