COMMUNIST POLICY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26228, 12 August 1946, Page 2

COMMUNIST POLICY

Sir,—After reading the letters of Messrs Ikin and Fincham in this morning’s paper I would reply that I do not retract one single word I wrote regarding Communists Mr Ikin’s theories as set out in his letter sound respectable enough, but they do not tie up with his support of the vicious and unrestrained wording of the Communist pamphlet issued to the workers among the building trades. Mr Fincham has been hard up for comparisons when .he goes back to the Maori wars for illustrations of conflicts. What I am concerned with is the present day industrial troubles in New Zealand, Australia, and other parts of the world. So many •of these are fomented by Communists. Thousands of workers lose their wages through strikes, but the union officials never lose anything, and the Communist promoters do not lose either.

Mr Fincham asks what future conflict I had in mind when writing the first letter. I meant a possible world war with Roussia, and say what you will, this is not idle talk. Even Mr Churchill, who has so often been right when everyone else has been wrong, stated that Russia had let down an iron curtain in Europe and was not giving frank co-operation in dealing with other nations. Mr Ikin states that the Communists are of the “working classes,” but this is not true. They can be found in all walks of life and wherever they are, their aim is allegiance to Russia rather than their own country, and sowing the seed of disloyalty and rebellion amongst those with whom they come in contact.—l am, etc., _ Loyal British. Dunedin, August 6.

kw, I read from time to time in your columns letters on the above subject. In to-day s issue Mr Ikin proclaims the Communists, to be the champions of the working class and that their policy is io improve the lot of the worker. Is this some more propaganda? When will Mr Ikin and his clan learn that all thinking people, workers or employers, know that the Communists are nothing more than Stalin's counterparts to Oswald Mosley, and that their sole aim is to overthrow the form of government which is our heritage and force upon us a dictatorship such as exists in Russia, whether we like it or not, and perhaps to make us another satellite State of Russia.

They say they have the interests of the working class at heart. Anyone with a smattering of intelligence knows that they are using the working class as a tool in their doctrine of agitation and strife, with the object of discrediting the employer class. They are Communists because they have not the * brains or gumption to be employers. They say that, among other things, they want higher wages for the worker, but with higher wages come higher costs. So one is left with the knowledge that the policy is one of stirring up strife “ Hasten the revolution so that we can seize power.” But British workers are too intelligent to allow themselves to be ruled by another little Stalin with attendant evils such as the 0.G.P.U., five-year plans in lieu of butter, liquidation in lieu of submission, and wide class distinction between working class and party members Furthermore, when will Mr Ikin realise that the British method is evolution, not revolution.—l am, etc., Mosgiel, August 6. Elect or Depose.