NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 138, 7 March 1942, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Broadcast To United States CORRESPONDENT ARRIVES With the object of obtaining from tlie New Zealand Government permission to broadcast by radio telephone direct from Wellington to the United States of America, Mr. M. K. Slosberg, correspondent for the National broadcasting Company, New York, has a rived at Wellington from Sydney. Jty mission.” he said in an interview te to tell the United States everything can about New Zealand—about the country, the people, what you do .i d what you think and what you aie duin„ to win the war.” . The proposed broadcasts will be gnu to American listeners in a nation-wide hook-up tliropgb the N-B-C. net.. Mr. Slosberg went to Austialia uu.y in 1938 from the United States, woiking first for the Australian broadcasting Commission and later for he Na tional Broadcasting Conipa nj of America. He has spent the last two years in Sydney. . Production in America, *" 11 ‘ ' Slosberg, was being increased, to tie point where every single American aetivitv would be used to wm the war. There were many difficulties in the way which would probably not make a complete all-out war production sc heme P •- sible for some months yet. 11 dl eulties were being overcome, However as rapidly as possible. America w.T realizing the importance of mass.pro duction for trninin" Linked with that was the tiainim, and equipment of the best manpower of ihe country, so that they could take the offensive as soon as possible. The Pearl Harbour attack had startled Americans and their determination to ‘he ese That determination had slackeneu swnewhat UH the loss of Malaya and Singapore had revived il: frnd . U ’^ lu ‘ e was now firmly c « ,, . v, . , 1 ced I ”Vl>%t e“of the offensive spirit. lhe best ample of'offensive action was the woik of General MacArthur in the 1 bilip pines Americans had a great admiration for him, and. indeed., at the moment he wirs an international hero.

Bases Against Japanese. America is fully aware of the importance of Australia and New Zea lam as offensive bases against the Japan ese” continued Mr. Slosberg, who said tint the suggestion by some of the rsolaonistl Uat America should send no X men or material, to this part of the world had been killed. “It seems to me that the States wants to build up the of this part of the world so tl>at we can take the offensive as soon a ? pos sible” said Mr. Slosberg, referring to ‘the fact that there_had be€l ‘ ™ battle between the Japanese and Amu (•■in fleets The recent action m which fhe Japanese had lost 16 of 18 planes that had attacked an American naw Navy was keeping open the sea. lanes between their country and Austitrlia and New Zealand. . •‘From all I have heard and read from official statements and the deeds of the New Zealand forces overseas, said Mr. Slosberg, ‘‘there seems to lie an all-out participation In the countrj s war effoit It is to tell the whole story ™New Zealand’s war effort and everything about the country that I am here.”