TO-MORROW'S CHILDREN
IT started with the making of a simple V. To-day passive resistance has become a clever art. It is practised in all of the occupied lands and has many methods of expression. A recent case of Nazi jitters in the Netherlands was caused by a disconcerting habit of Dutch parents—that of naming their male offspring either Franklin or Winston. Registrars were quickly informed by the Nazi—and we. quote—"Justice Department"—unquote—that names openly challenging German authorities, such as Franklin or. Winston, are not allowed." Nor are names that have the* initial "V" any more favourably regarded. But don't yotf cry, little Franklin and little Winston of the Netherlands, you are important people, born of brave parents. To* morrow this world will be yours—a somewhat battered world, to be sure, but, we hope, a better one. It will ba your responsibility to keep it that way. So, sleep while you may, little babies of the: Netherlands, and remember well 1 for whom and by whom you were named!— Christian Science Monitor.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 64, 13 April 1943, Page 4
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