THE POLITICAL BROADCASTS

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 4, 3 September 1943, Page 4

THE POLITICAL BROADCASTS

Sir,—On Tuesday evening the 31 s.t August Mr Holland addressed the Dominion from radio. It was one of the best orations I have heard, it was full of promises and very little was missed, out except the ways antl means of carrying them out which F consider should come first. But promises are made to be broken by. party politicians. Mr Nash's promises went to the wind as soon as he got into power. We must not for-, get that pressure politics lias been the order of the day—on the people —since Mr Masscy's time. The ruling of the people not being by the people but by the control of. the finance of the people in the form of foreign capital through the trading banks. .Mr Holland says Hie destiny of the people is in their own hands, true, and, if they will rise: to the occasion and vote out the American dollar and the gold standard—which is coming—there is still a chance in the ballot box to free the country from foreign control, that is economic servitude. Mr Hoi-, land believes in foreign control, i.e. domination of the people by outside finance. He does not understand that what is physically possible is also financially possible and that under these conditions we could win the war instead of amassing untold debt to foreign capital. He referred to machinery as a means towards cheaper production to supply the peoples needs. Well what has. machinery done for us under the orthodox system? How many men has it put out of work whilst the manufacturer reaps the benefit of those mens wages? When he speaks of no outside domination of Parliament he must have had his tongue in his cheek! Would he scrap the orthodox banking system (foreign finance) which is controlling this country to-day? He says Indes pendents arc dangerous, owing to their unscrupulous criticism the criticism of party politics. Unless the people have control over their members independent or otherwise, they will be controlled by whatever Government comes along, and become a servile state. Yours etc., W. HRADSHAW.