‘CHANCES FOR ALL’

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19884, 10 March 1939, Page 14

‘CHANCES FOR ALL’

AIM OF GOVERNMENT DOMINION INDUSTRIES SELF-RELIANCE NEEDED (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. “Our job is to give everyone a chance in whatever sphere he is interested, and if the nation gives the individual the opportunity, that nation will be great as a result of it,” declared the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. M. J. Savage, when addressing factory employees during the course of a tour of Wellington factories yesterday morning. He wanted to see New Zealanders occupying positions in every walk of life and to see them getting more as a result of their labour. “We want to be in a position to stand on our feet,” he said, “because we never know when we will be compelled to do it. We do not want to be a nation of leaners; we want to encourage a spirit of independence and initiative.” Mr. Savage said they were engaged in pretty big work. They had certain ideals. “You are not supposed to have ideals, according to some people,” he added. “You are supposed to have what is called a practical outlook. I would sooner have some ideals and live to work out plans to realise them, than go down to the grave as a great statesman who has done nothing.”