LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

New Zealand Herald, Volume 82, Issue 25300, 6 September 1945, Page 4

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Radio Programmes Sir, —To conserve overseas funds and add a considerable amount to national revenue, I suggest that, instead of broadcasting Parliamentary sessions direct over the air recordings should he made. These records could then be disposed of to commercial sponsors at a substantial fee. Most of them would be suitable for the manufacturers of washing powder for dirty linen, softsoap, liver salts and cough mixture. Binkie. Using the Japanese Sir, —In his autobiography, "Both Ends of the Candle," Sir E. Denison Ross quotes from a letter he had in 1910 from another great Orientalist, A. V. LeCoq, regarding the Japanese. LeCoq says: "It is well never to forgot that they love none but themselves, that thev are being devoured by ambition. No Italian of the Cinquecento was a greater adept at deep and deadly hypocrisy and intrigue, and to statesmen I would say, 'Use them if you can, but be careful of not being used yourselves!' " - P.H.W. A Dairy Company's Generosity Si r> —X wish to congratulate the Whangaroa Co-operative Dairy Company for the noble deed that they are doing for the returned soldiers who have _ taken up farms under the rehabilitation scheme in giving them an extra penny per lb for their butter-fat supplied to that factory for the next two years. It would be a great thing if all factories did the same, as the extra money would be very useful to buy replacements for their herds, or perhaps for buying their manure. Rehabilitated Soldier. A College Chapel Sir, —I am sure your sub-leader on the above would he welcomed by the great majority of your readers. A university college without a chapel would be like a church without a pulpit. Among the names of those who made the suggestion, I notice several different shades of religious thought are represented. Let us hope, therefore, that the chapel, when built, will he strictly non-sectarian; and that no particular denomination will seek to "corner" it" for its own use. We cannot all think exactly alike; but, even though we may differ 011 some of the less important points, let us all work together harmoniously for the good of God's great Church in general; not seeking an advantage for our own little branch at the expense of other branches. Let no one, therefore, try to raise the bogey of denominational strife in opposition to a college chapel, but let us try to emulate the brave effort being made in South India to find true religion. Co-operation. The Atomic Bomb Sir, —To object to the atomic bomb on the grounds that it is inhuman seems a rather myopic view. As it is admitted by the .Japanese that it was the main factor in bringing the war to a close any objection to this form of instantaneous death implies that it would have been better to let the war drag on for another year or two, while SuperFortresses burned to death hundreds of thousands of people, while prisoners and internees continued to suffer starvation and torture, and to let thousands of brave lads be killed and broken in an assault on Japan. It does not make sense. All decent people abhor war, but if the world is to become a place fit for spiritual advancement and material prosperity, evil must be eradicated. Two bomns brought the war to an end and saved untold suffering. Moreover, the forces of evil may well hesitate to begin any more wars. Lot us be thankful that we, and not the enemy, were granted the knowledge of this weapon, whereby the time was "shortened. Druteun.