DOUGLAS SOCIAL CREDIT
Sir,—Two enthusiasts, I trust, are quite alone in their personal disapproval of a form of presentation of »cial credit by the New Zealand Resident, Mr Wilfrid- Owen, who is the most statesmanlike advocate in the party, a seasoned, shrewd campaign leader, well-informed, logical, in expression, and a clean fighter. He shows himself fully aware that the multitude we try to influence towards monetary reform contains a large proportion of the ill-informed, conservative, prejudiced, ultra-cautious, hypercritical, and only casually interested It is folly to play the rote of rabid demagogue, loaded with emphatic assertions that give the offensive impression to those mentioned that there is only one side, and 5 positively no pros and cons. “We propose” is a tactful approach by a leadter to such a mixed assortment—a come, let us reason together” attitude. rather than one of baldest dogmatism.—Yours, etc., Muy !, 195 4. T AC,K -
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Press, Volume XC, Issue 27339, 3 May 1954, Page 3
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