CIVIL SERVICE AND LEGION

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 121, 25 May 1933, Page 10

CIVIL SERVICE AND LEGION

(To the Editor.) Sir,—Dr. Bcgg's statement at Mastertun in reference to the Government's restrictive attitude towards the Civil Service is surely a mild challenge which should remind Cabinet of the ominous position into which it is landing itself and the nation. To those with "ears to hear" 'or minds to comprehend-it will be plain that this challenge cannot be ignored. They who will not accept reason as their guide will soon engender a hostile force that will compel them to 'desist from a leu sensible attitude. When, will the Government learn that the power to en-i force its will rests upon the sympathy, goodwill, and confidence of the people? Destruction of this means destruction of the Government, and will leave the Dominion exposed to the tender mercy of any subversive movement. ••.... The Government would be well advised to rely more upon holding the confidence of the people by capable, courageous, and independent action designed to meet the needs of oil the people, independent of sectional or class interests, and less upon dictatorial and arbitrary methods which it cannot maintain with the limited support it commands from the community. If it will not,take heed it will find its own foot caught in the trap first set to catch the Labour and next reset to catch the New Zealand Legion.—l am, etc., l. j. McDonald.