SUEZ CANAL

Press, Volume XCIV, Issue 28050, 18 August 1956, Page 3

SUEZ CANAL

Sir,—First the prostituted press vilifies, then the pulpit-pounders tell the morons to pray for peace, which helps or hurts no-one. while the chief prayer-peddlers work hand-in-glove with the warmongers, followed by the treacherous politicians who legalise our potential annihilation, and the morons pay their wages. Lunacy personified! It is the solemn duty of every real man to protect to the last the peace and happiness of our glorious children. Personally, I would sooner die than see our women and children suffer prolonged agony of atomic radiation, but many of those responsible will die with me. Pray. bomb, and then prey for oil, but first sell Trinidad. Suez can spread to atomic world war over oil, but the people have the remedy in their own hands. No-one is going to declare atomic war on my behalf.—Yours, etc., MELVILLE B. MITCHELL. August 17, 1956. . Sir, My letter in this morning's issue reads £4.000.000.000. It should have been £400.000.000. the estimated cost of the Aswan dam. This difference of £3.600.000.000 might easily overdraw the joint account—Yours, CHAS. E. ALLEN. August 17, 1956. Sir,—Any New Zealander who feels the Suez Canal is not of the greatest importance to the economy of this country should think again. The ships which pass daily to and from New Zealand through the Suez Canal are vital to this country’s prosperity. Mr Menzies’s speech supporting Britain on the question should remove any doubts still lingering about the reaction of Britain to Nasser’s “grab “ Yours, etc., G.P.L. August 16, 1956.