THE LEGION,

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 76, Issue 114, 17 May 1933, Page 10

THE LEGION,

The Legion would stop the drift which is an outcome of the effect of divided interests and discord upon the political machine. It would arouse a wider interest in the affairs of the State and in the management, of them. The Legion has been defined as just an organisation of the same people in the community. The definition may be objected to in some quarters, but the Legion has its answer. Certainly, as Mr. Campbell Begg has urged, there can be no solution of the country’s troubles, in setting class against class and if, as he says, the Legion is going to force the sacrifice of party to the geenral welfare, it can only bo on grounds of party argument as to what constitutes the. general welfare that fault can be found with is objective. The Legion is on solid ground in its criticism of the way in which the efficiency of Parliament is weakened by the pressures to which its members are subjected in their representative capacity. The movement which the Legion represents is spreading, and if it continues to do so, and to influence, the public mind throughout New Zealand, it may prove of very considerable value tn the whole' community by reason of rhe ideals which it is inculcating in the minds of those who are attracted to its standard. If the Legion can help to ensure merely that those who represent the community in Parliament, are chosen on the basis of high qualifications, it will not have been founded in vain.- Otago Daily Times.