Dear Sir

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 05, Issue 80, 20 July 1942, Page 4

Dear Sir

Letters to the Editor must be clearly written on one side of the paper only and where a nom-de-plume is used the name of the writer must be included for reference purposes. The Editor reserves the ußht to abridge* amend or withhold any letter or letters. OUR SOVEREIGN RIGHTS Sir, —When the Prime Minister put the Bill through to prolong the life of Parliament for the duration of the war in the fading hours of the session he spoke of the sovereignty ~ of. Parliament. He Avas quite tight! The people have no Parliamentary rights under totalrian dictatorship, thus the people are being denied the rights to conduct the policy of their Government from time to time. The Prime Minister also mentioned that there would be another £100,000,000 required and if needs be it would have to be got out of taxation. The Premier's agent for the, Treasury (and who are the Treasury?) ( L/ The sovereign rights of the people to govern should be the sovereign right to their fiscal policy and not the bondage of external debt to monied corporations who control party politics. This is what is strangling the National effort and deadening the will of the people. The right to control our fiscal policy is the first plank to win the war on both fronts at home and abroad. Yours etc., W. BRADSHAW.