PROPOSAL SUPPORTED

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 116, 20 May 1942, Page 6

PROPOSAL SUPPORTED

NATIONAL GOVERNMENT URGFD (.P.A.) Dunedin, May 18. Strong support for the proposal that a National Government should be established in the Dominion is contained in the annual report of the South Island Dairy Association. "Events which have occurred in reecnt months,” the report says, "have indicated clearly how imperatively necessary it is that a National Government should be formed without further delay. Unfortunately, there appears to be a section of irresponsible people who do not realise the coun- . try’s danger and are more concerned with their own selfish interests than the security of New Zealand. We feel sure we are voicing the feelings of all the pt'ople we represent when we say that the country cannot afford any longer to allow the wishes of the large majority to be flouted in a time of extreme crisis such as now confronts the nation. We must have a Government which will not permit any outside body to dictate its policy or prevent any actions which are necessary to ensure that everything possible is done to bring the war to a successful and speedy conclusion. “The utterly reprehensible view which is being advocated by a few irresponsible persons in the community that the extent of the workers’ war effort must be measured by lhe rates of wages they are paid will not win the war,” the report concludes. “As President Roosevelt said recently, lhe price of civilisation must be paid in hard work, sorrow and blood, anjd we must all accept whatever sacrifices the fight for our freedom may require of us.”