American Elections
Sir- —The lengthy accounts of the American pre-election scene are not very interesting. There is not much difference between the contending parties. Both stand for the continuation of the cold war so that profits may be made from armament manufacture. However, the challenge by President Eisenhower to Khrushchev to test the prestige of the issue of capitalism and communism by elections is at least a peaceful method. The only snag is that the President talks glibly of the “free'* world. As if the lands of communism are not “free.” How “free” is Africa, where the British are flying out troops? How “free” is the United States with its colour problem? And, coming nearer home, how “free” are the New Zealand public servants when they have to sign, on the dotted line that they have had no connexion with that souldestroying, vicious, and evil thing —communism? How stupid people can get—Yours, etc..
ACADEMIA. July 28, 1960.
A night watchman’s stick has been developed in London equipped with a button-controlled police alarm—in one swing you can simultaneously hit a prowler over the head and summon the police.
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Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29269, 29 July 1960, Page 3
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