PUBLIC OPINION

Waikato Times, Volume 126, Issue 21034, 9 February 1940, Page 7

PUBLIC OPINION

As expressed by correspondents whose letters are welcome, but tor whose views we have no responsibility. Correspondents are requested to write in ink. It is essential that anonymous writers enclose their proper names as a guarantee of good faith. Unless this rule is complied with, their letters will not appear. IS HITLER DEAD? (To the Editor) j Sir, —From facts one arrives at ■ certain conclusions or deductions, or in other words, facts determine de- ! ductions arrived at. These deduc- ; tions may be true or not. Having thus made the position perfectly clear. I I can in consequence proceed a step further. ! It is a fact that there was a bomb explosion at a certain beer cellar at Munich. The gathering at which Hitler was present, was a celebration of the Nazi revolution. Those present | also included an English girl. It is a fact that the English girl arrived in | England recently badly wounded. So I the deduction arrived at is this—the girl was wounded in the Munich beer i cellar bomb explosion and Hitler was killed.—l am, etc., HARRY WOODRUFFE. Auckland, February 7. SUBSTITUTE MOTOR FUELS (To the Editor) Sir, —In these days of fuel restriction there is much talk of substitute fuels. I have had an inspiration in connection with this matter and am j writing in the hope this will catch I the eye of some of your engineer readers. My idea deals with the use of an engine which does not use oil fuel but uses something which is practically costless. I am referring to the hot air engine. Unfortunately, however, I have only a vague idea of the working ; principles of these engines, but perhaps some of your readers will be j able to enlighten me further, this matter being of burning importance. | It will probably occur to some of the analytically-minded to ask, “What fuel are you going to use to heat up ! the air in your hot air engine? This, on the surface, I admit does appear | rather “a nigger in the wood-pile.” ! I am informed, however, that there is an apparently inexhaustible supply of hot air available in Wellington, where there is a huge factory which produces it in vast quantities. Some say that "hot air” is the chief product of this factory; others say it is a by-product. If so, why waste it? I hope someone can give definite information on these two matters. I am, etc., GAS. Hamilton, February 8. SOCIAL CREDIT (To the Editor) Sir,—Your correspondent "Practical” says he has read columns of literature on the above subject, and "is as wise as after he had listened to an address by Major Douglas in Hamilton some years ago.” Obviously. "Practical" has no knowledge of “money” or he would have little difficulty in understanding Social Credit. Your correspondent says the writer “is wasting time in trying to influence public opinion unless he can suggest a method that will improve the present system.” For years now, numerous Social Credit writers have been warning the public that another war was inevitable, as the result of the workings of the present system. We have been laughed to scorn as “cranks." Have not events proved the cranks correct? It is not the writer’s job to produce a plan. What do we pay financial experts for? Does “Practical” or anyone else need to know everything about the internals of a motor-car? Certainly not. If things go wrong he takes his car to an exj pert, and if the expert makes a mess , of the job, he tells the expert in plain ! colonial what he thinks of him and | takes his car elsewhere. ] Similarly, when the people of this Dominion are tired of the frustrations and needless sacrifices of the present system, all they have to do is to de- , mand results from the alleged finanj cial experts. If the desired results are not forthcoming, then the experts should be dismissed and others employed who think they can produce “the goods.” j It is for the public to unitedly de--1 mand what they want. Then will be j the time to consider plans. The Social Credit Movement of New Zetland is anxiously surveying public opinion to discover if reasonable people in all walks of life are yet prepared to get together in an effort I to draw up some statement of objec- ; tives that would suit us all. Quarel- | ling over political labels will get us nowhere; it is only playing into the | hands of "finance."—l am. etc., I R. G. YOUNG. ; Gordonton, February 7. (To the Editor) Sir,—Regarding “Practical's” corlespondence on February 6, if he is lin favour of pawning his Social ! Credit and receiving back debt credit in its place, I fail to see what is practical about that, especially when it is just as easy to so arrange I affairs that he could use his own credit free of debt and charges attending that procedure. , As to his remarks regarding R. G. Young, a frequent writer in your I columns. I for one am glad to read his letters as they are terse and always to the point. Of course Mr Young knows his subject.—l am, etc , DEMOCRAT. Frankton, February 7.