WORLD ORDER OF PEACE

Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24815, 4 March 1946, Page 4

WORLD ORDER OF PEACE

CIVIL AVIATION’S PART As the British Commonwealth of Nations had played a leading part in winning the war in the air, so it would play a leading part in establishing a new world order of peace, said Lord Winster, Britain’s. Minister of Civil Aviation and the leading delegate of the United Kingdom to the civil aviation conference, in a National broadcast last evening. Civil aviation could do much to establish world order by bringing all nations closer together and making it possible* for the leaders of all nations to consult with each other freely, Lord Winster said. The British Commonwealth was faced not only with the task of rebuilding after the war, but also with the task of replacing the old world system with a new system based on order and security for all peoples. During the war, Great Britain concentrated on the building of fighter aircraft while the United States made big advances in the construction of transport craft, the Minister continued. Great Britain was therefore at a disadvantage now and there was no doubt that there would be one or two lean years ahead. However, the men from all parts of the Empire who had built and flown fighter aircraft during the war could be depended on to build up a peace-time air service second to none. “When it comes to human material we need fear no competition,” Lord Winster said.

Scientists were at work on the planning of civil aircraft which would make speeds of a few years ago seem small. Jet propulsion was on the way to create a revolution in the whole flying system. It was hoped that in a few years it would be a matter of course for a person to fly from New Zealand to England for a holiday. In a world where distances did not count, the British Commonwealth, after making so many material contributions, would be judged finally on its contributions to the cause of freedom, justice, goodwill and humanity. This should not be forgotten at a time when it was easy* to forget.