The Open Mind.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20509, 10 January 1935, Page 8

The Open Mind.

Dear Sir.—Your correspondent “ Socia ist ” seems to think that a bald statemei from him is proof of the fallacy oi the plus B theorem. The theorem is a su ject which cannot be fully and adequate! dealt with in the space available to lettei in vour correspondence column: therefor I would be pleased if 41 Socialist ” wou! accept my offer. I would be pleased meet him personally, and authorise you give him my address should he apply you for it. With respect to his statement that Ma’< Douglas refrained from replying to eriti isms. I would say that the Douglas Sock Credit Proposals have been criticised b orthodox economists in all parts of tt world, and all criticisms worthy of Man Douglas’s notice have been fully an adequatelv dealt with, and I might me tion that the criticisms and replies to thei are widelv circulated by the Douglas Mov ment the world over, as Douglas Soci Creditors are not afraid of criticism, bv court it. . In the latter part of ‘‘Socialists letU he says. 44 1 cannot help feeling that tl Socialism of S. W. Lambton, before embraced Douglasism. was as vague an unreasoned as the Socialism to which w all subscribe.” What does that mean Does it mean that the Socialism to whic we 4 ‘ all ” subscribe is vague and unreaso ed, for that is just what he states? Wha I said in a former letter is that when approached the study of Douglas Soci Credit I believed that Socialism was th only thing that would do the job. It wa a deep rooted belief with me. but not a obsession, for it is when our beliefs becom obsessions that we lose what 44 Socialist advised 44 Common Sense ” to maintain, a open mind. So if 44 Socialist ” can keep tha open mind, and thoroughly study Dougla Social Credit. I think he may see in what I see.—l am, etc., S. W. LAMBTON