LACK OF PATRIOTISM.

Waipawa Mail, Volume LXVIII, Issue 123, 17 July 1940, Page 1

LACK OF PATRIOTISM.

IN THE RROADGASTING SERVICE A MEMBER’S COMPLAINT. The suggestion that better use of the radio services in New Zealand could be made than obtained at present was made by Mr W. J. Broadfoot (National, Waitomo) in the House of Representatives. Mr Broadfoot said he thought there were people who were far too quiescent and far too placid in their attitude towards the war. In place of a great deal of the material going over the air there could be substituted folk songs, patriotic songs, songs of the sea, the stories of the British heroes of the past; history provided epic stories which grownups and their children should be told and retold. There were also deeds in the present war which would make fitting material for the broadcast services.

Continuing, Mr Broadfoot said that to him it was a remarkable thing how few Union Jacks were seen in this country to-day. There seemed to be a sort if idea that the Union Jack should not be shown. He thought it should be shown in every quarter possible, and suggested that people with time on their hands might usefully make small Union Jacks and sell them for patriotic purposes.