Disarmament
Sir, —The competitive spirit is undoubtedly the cause of much unrest in the world. It is, however, a complex that is inherent in man. A measure might be enacted seeking to outlaw it, as your young correspondent apparently suggests, but the belief that a man-made law should not aim to over-rule an eternal one is widespread. Russia is acting in accord with the law of competition. Her arms build-up, on the basis of a war economy, has had the effect of stirring up the defensive instincts of the West. This is the correct reaction. An aggressor will attack a weak opponent like Tibet but not a strong one. Defeatism is an attempt to defy an eternal law.—Yours, etc., T. E. SHAW. Westport, January 11, 1960.
Sir, —With their yet unwarped power of straight thinking the Wilder children will realise that the bombs made and tested by the Socialist States are no toys and not inferior to their British and American models, and that the peace-loving socialists are well paid for making them; furthermore that millions and millions of children suffer from hunger and
isease today because enormous ur?j misused for arma ments. have Probably also BB C ' news that part of Eisenhower’s State of the Nation messages where he said that missiles missing their target nlete J wo .. miles achieve comf„% eS £ uc , tlon ’ Work th at out for New Zealand cities and keep Picture in mind while you “Hviv- U T b , Ugged into joining a tn organisation. Add the Government’s decision to establish missile bases, a guarantee that we will not be spared nuclear disaster.—Yours,
T individualist January 11, i 960.
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Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29101, 13 January 1960, Page 7
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