POST-WAR PLANNING

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 58, 23 March 1943, Page 6

POST-WAR PLANNING

j NATIONAL SAVINGS WILL HELP To-day, reconstruction or, in other words, post-war planning, is a feature note in National Councils, and one thing which is certain is that a nation which has induced its people to practise true economy and thrift in war finance on the soundest possible lines, with its attendant check on inflation, will be more firmly and happily placed to face, the tremendous problems involved. In stating this, and discussing reconstruction and the. relationship of the people's savings with, post-war problems, Mr T. N. Smallwood, chairman of the New Zealand War Savings Committee, said that important as these savings were now to the Dominion's war finances, and as a stabilising influence, on internal war cconomy, an equally important part awaited them in the after war period, particularly in relation to the future demand for goods; now in short supply, and which will materially assist, the change over of ; industry to peace-time production and speed up the absorption of men released from the forces in commercial life. On this basis, the National War Savings Committee proposes conducting a campaign during March under the title "Plan for post-war living." The title is both timely and topical, as it is such a personal matter—not only a part measure of each individual's Avar effort, but an individual post-war plan to ensure that victory in peace shall follow victory in war.