Churchill an Idol

Hutt News, Volume 20, Issue 29, 18 December 1946, Page 5

Churchill an Idol

POPULARITY IN AMERICA FAMOUS WORDS QUOTED "Winston Churchill was as popular in America during the war as he was in Britain. He was idolised," said Mr. Horace Hunt, the New Zealand musician who returned to tlie Dominion recently after 21 years in America, to a representative of the Hutt News. "Mr. Churchill's speech about fighting in the streets and the debt owed to 'the few' was as well known and as often quoted in America as it was in Britain, and in many homes one saw pictures of the great British statesman, with those inspiring words quoted beneath them. "Americans had the greatest admiration for the manner in which Britain held out when she stood alone for a year and thus saved Americans and the rest of the worlu from the Hitler way of life. Interest in New Zealand "Another figure well known and admired in America for his war exploits was New Zealand's present Governor-General, Sir Bernard Freyberg. "All the returned servicemen I met in America spoke very highly of the treatment they received in England or New Zealand, and were very grateful for the hospitality extended to them. "Among other things of which Americans know is the excellence of New Zealand wool and some of the things made from it, especially rugs."