“FORGOTTEN FACTOR”

Otago Daily Times, Issue 27276, 30 December 1949, Page 6

“FORGOTTEN FACTOR”

SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL PLAY DOMINION TOUR ARRANGED PA WELLINGTON, Dec. 29. The industrial play, ‘‘The Forgotten Factor,” will be presented in New Zealand early in 1950, according to an announcement made by Moral Rearmament representatives iri Wellington today, in August a number of persons in representative positions in New Zealand approached the committee responsible for presenting the play in Australia and invited the cast to visit New Zealand. The invitation has been accepted and the cast will arrive early in 1950 to tour the country. The committee said in its reply: in Australia, ‘The Forgotten Factor has been shown to Melbourne and Sydney audiences representing every sphere of our national life, and the construcr tive effect of its ideas has been felt in Parliament, business, the university, homes and trade unions. ‘The Forgotten Factor’ is most timely. it offers a working answer to the divisions and materialism of our age. It can provide the Anzac pact with the inspiration of an ideology for democracy to enable our two countries to shoulder our full responsibilities to the millions of Asia and the Pacific. “We are sure that the people of New Zealand will give this Moral Rearmament Task Force every support. The signatories to this statement were Mr R. R. Broadby, secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions; the Hon. F. Bulcock, Direc-tor-general of Agriculture of Australia; Mr G. G. Foletta, governing director of Prestige, Limited, president of the Australian Industries Protection League; the Hon. Sir George Knox, a member of the Legislative Assembly of Victoria and a former Speaker. , , . , It was stated in Wellington today that the New Zealand premiere of “The Forgotten Factor” was planned for the third week of February in the capital city, but the final details of the tour had still to be worked out. A further announcement would be m ff wafadded that the cast and other personnel who worked to present the plav did. so without salary and normally there was no charge made .or admission. The production, it was stated, was suppprted by those who recognised its national significance. It was expected that m New Zealand, as in other countries where the play had been shown, local working committees would make all arrangements and take care of the hospitality for the visitors.