NO SAWY

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 253, 25 October 1937, Page 8

NO SAWY

Sir,—l have been studying the policy that has been adopted by opponents of our Government. I would call it the “No Savvy” policy. I must hand to you, sir, the honour of being the initiator of it. I remember when Labour first published their “guaranteed price” plan, you kept on repeating that you could not understand it. That plan is now in operation. Then we have the Leader of the Opposition and other opponents of the Government who say they can's understand the plan to use the public credit. That plan is also in operation. In a recent issue, D. Sutherland says he does not understand what Mr Nash means when he said that in the event of another depression they would isolate New Zealand as far as possible and gave an outline of the plan they intend to adopt. I claim to have only average intelligence and an average education, yet I never had any difficulty in understanding these plans. Whether they are good or bad is quite a different matter. I am forced to the conclusion, sir, that cither the “No Savvyites” are not as intelligent as I always gave them credit for being or they are not sincere. It is a very sad state of affairs when one is forced to have that opinion of what was once thought to be our intelligentsia. If it is being done to mislead the public, my opinion is that they may save themselves the trouble. The Great War and the depression, with all their evils, was a great education to the masses. They are doing their own thinking now and not being influenced by the Press or anyone else. —I am, etc., “SAVVY.”