FACING VITAL ISSUES.

Waikato Times, Volume 111, Issue 18642, 21 May 1932, Page 7

FACING VITAL ISSUES.

. (To the Editor.)' B Sir, —Mr E. D. Ewinsson fails to fl be' favourably Impressed by Mr. Mag- R ner’s untiring 'efforts in the oause of H true economio democracy. The only ifi construction it seems possible to put i B on hie remarks In yesterday’s issue g is sarcasm of a very unhelpful kind. | I 1 know Mr Magner personally, as a; 1 very 'Sincere and 'earnest student of | | the problems of present day civllis- i ation —a genuine soul whose love for j humanity prompts Mm to work un- , grudgingly for the betterment of the . j common lot of man. Unfortunately,, 1 Mr Ewinsson appears not to have en-j j tered into such a spirit of selfless ,• i service—otherwise it, would surely s j never have occurred to him to try. j to hold Mr Magner up to ridicule. For 1 | such as Mr Magner, myself and others j | who are trying to bring about a popu- j | lar recognition of new economic ideas |j in the face of orthodox opposition of,| a not always pleasant nature, in writ- i | ing .letters to 'the press it is not-a I case of “see who can say the smart- | ©st things in the name of personal u giory," but simply a desire to make 1 the fullest use of occasion and oir- g cumstance to dispel illusions and re- £ veal the true nature of the economio | position and what is needed to bring | about the general prosperity so close | at hand, thus saving the world from j the present unrest which is rapidly | tending toward disastrous conse- | quences. Devotion to the interests of j| humanity enables one 'to smile over g personal attack; but if personal vanity | is hurt now and then, whose fault is it?—l am,- etc., | R. E. HANSEN. jj Orini, May 19, 1932. I