THE ALL-IN EFFORT

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 64, Issue 4558, 10 April 1942, Page 4

THE ALL-IN EFFORT

ONE of the hardest problems of the war effort in this country has been to get peonle to realise that peace-time conditions in industry and in the routine of existence are impossible in war-time. Even to-day, after two and a half years of war. when the menace of attack or actual invasion has been brought to our own very door-step, the Prime Minister, Mr Fraser, has found it necessary to emphasise the distinction between peace and war conditions. Beyond the production of the minimum of goods necessary for existence and for efficiency, all production, he said when addressing the Labour Party conference, should be for war purposes. “ The only justifiable free time,” he added, “ is that necessary for rest and re-building strength and energy for further work.” This is the principle of action that should animate the war effort in Te Awamutu and district, as indeed throughout the Dominion; and the Prime Minister is to be commended for giving it due emphasis. Carried to its logical conclusion, it means that every citizen should be giving his entire attention to every possible service he can render’ as a contribution to the defence of his country; it means such economies in the luxuries of life, pleasures, and recreations as will incryse the margin of financial assistance he can give to his country’s cause, and of the personal energies he can devote to it. It means, further, or should mean, that these contributions should be made in a selfless spirit, without thought of exploiting the country’s danger for personal gain.