Moscow Dismissals

Press, Volume XCVI, Issue 28346, 3 August 1957, Page 3

Moscow Dismissals

Sir.—Once again Mr R. S. Wheeler draws a parallel. A Christian man who breaks the ■‘Soviet law” (not Communist, be it noted) by converting a person to Christianity is, according to Mr Wheeler, just as guilty «s the person intoxicated in charge of a car. This is a glaring example Of where Communist thought can lead otherwise normal people. As to social security. I am more conversant with the Welfare State in Britain, known all over the world as the Beveridge Plan as a tribute to its planner, that great* Christian, Lord Beveridge. I don’t think he was ever a trade unionist. Some time ago Mr Wheeler made a kindly reference am inclined to agree with a reader who wrote, “1 don’t think Mr Wheeler means what ha writes."—Your< etc., '« LESLIE JONES. August 2, 1957. J.. .

Sir.—This debate is over the dismissal of Messrs Malenkov, Kaganovich, Molotov, and Shepilov. Mr D. Davey strays from the point. If the conditions of his friends are so awful in the Soviets, why does he not do something about it? He could buy a donkey and a lance end set off to put the Soviet elite in their proper place. For start, he could practice on the Australians, who have reduced the aboriginals to a' starving cannibalistic cringing crowd of 45,000 out of the original 400,000 there when Christian white men arrived. When he has accomplished this task, he could drive the French from Algeria and allow the Algerians to live in peace in their own country. When it comes to atrocities, compared with us seasoned Britishers, the Russians are just mere junior scouts.—Yours, etc., RALPH S. WHEELER. Timaru, August 1, 1857. [“White Waters" may briefly reply, closing this correspondence.—Ed., “The Press."!