SCANLON PUBLICATIONS

Evening Star, Issue 20253, 14 August 1929, Page 9

SCANLON PUBLICATIONS

DUNEDIN fLS.A.’S ATTITUDE The question of the continued sale ol the Scanlon publications was fully dis-. cussed at last night’s meeting of th« Dunedin Returned Soldiers’ Association’s executive, and members expressed themselves freely on the matter. It was reported by one member that ho had been approached by one of tbo salesmen in question, and that the man pleaded for the sale of the book on the grounds that Scanlon was a disabled soldier, and that the proceeds of the sales wont towards maintaining him in his incapacitated condition. Other members made reference to the activities of the various salesmen, some of whom were alleged to be men with my record of war service. In view of the fact that the New Zealand Returned Soldiers’ Association had adopted a policy of not supporting anv commercial enterprise, and that the public sympathy was being played' upon by the salesmen in endeavouring to get rid of the books, it was decided to advertise tbo association’s ‘altitude in tbo Press. Briefly, the attitude taken by the association was that it absolutely dissociated itself from any .such organisation, and wished to warn the public against being exploited in the manner mentioned.