THE GOVERNMENT’S SINCERITY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23805, 11 May 1939, Page 17

THE GOVERNMENT’S SINCERITY

TO THE EDITOR Sir,—lt is a wonderful world in which we live. It contains all kinds of creatures, and the variations are needed to display the comparison between good and bad. We have wondeiiul examples in your newspaper correspondence columns. It is amusing to read the comments of union secretaries, as they all take their turn in writing in reply to some other letter. The reports of the passing of resolutions do not always say how many were present, and to judge from some of the information published recently the union is usually the secretary. This accounts for the similarity in the resolutions, probably received from headquarters. Anyway, the secretary in the majority of cases is the “boss,” and tolerates no interference, and yet we read what he says about the doctors, because they will not be "unionised.” What union secretary can to-day say that the members of his flock have all paid their medical accounts when due? The world at large knows that where there is actual financial need there is no pressure to pay This rotten talk about the working man being assisted is camouflage, anc only covers personal aims. My conviction is this: that no agreement has been possible because it has not been sought in a manner that would allow agreement. The funds are not there, and the Government can use this year’s subscriptions otherwise. Consider the sincerity in recent, occurrences. “ Nothing to hide,” says the Labour Party, “ but releases to the public are strictly censored. ‘ Import restrictions, even to foods, so keep your money in New Zealand,” says Mr Nash, who immediately leaves for England in an American steamship. Join the defence of the country and be patriotic, say those who realise what it means for the first time. (They are property owners to-day.) Now we are called goosesteppers " owing to the patriotic thoughts being submerged in the anger about the wool for uniforms. Public works are made attractive for election purposes, but manufacturers are expected to absorb what the Government cannot to-day afford to pay- , „ . During the comments on the French wool buyers’ statements, an account was published of the purchases made by Germany—something like £200,000 worth of butter. It was very carefully arranged that the price per pound was not published. It is about 4d per lb less than the New Zealand housewife is paying. , , . The importers are being blamed for the decline of funds in London, and there is a complaint that the capitalist has robbed the New Zealand money box at Home Can anyone explain to me what the Government did to obtain funds at Home? Was it its wool that was sold, or its butter, or its meat. Will the Government members who are interested in business admit that the contents of the cash register after a day’s sales belong to the State? Why. then, the exporter?—l am. etc., An Old Goose-stepper.