U.N.R.R.A.

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 42, 23 January 1945, Page 4

U.N.R.R.A.

Sir-'—lt is clear that whilst the people of the British Commonwealth, of nations are fighting for freedom, that there is a more subtle, power more effective than any army which, being anti-British would deprive us of our sovereign rights. In time of war the scheming of the: plotters to subjugate the people in the time of peace under a centralised international monetary system, is a cunningly laid plan of appeal to the peoples' desire for goodwill and charity. Hence we have the United Nations relief and rehabilitation scheme to be" centralised and controlled by the international bankers (New York). This means the loss of our internal and external monetary policy. The people of the. British Commonwealth of Nations can produce more than sufficient for their own use (if given the chance) and it is essential that we see the issue clearly } if we want to keep faith with the men who are giving their lives for our freedom.- Professor Arnold Toynbee, Director of. the Royal Institute for International Affairs, said in Copenhagen in 1931 (during the slump): "I will not prophesy, I will merely repeat that we are working, discreetly and. with all our might to wrest this mysterious political force called 'Sovereignty' out of the clutches of. those national States* of the world." This veiled threat is quite clearly seen by its advance this last 10 years. If we want to give relief or rehabilitation to other nations we. can do so without uniting with other nations under an international dictatorship. And we (N.Z.) are being committed to a levy of £2,500,000 as a first installment representing cash goods and services. The position becomes obvious when we recognise the anti-British, forces behind the scheme. Further we are. being asked: to volunteer for service overseas, under the N.Z. Council of Organ-, isations for Relief Services overseas. It would be interesting to know whether we are being committed to a dispersation of our population in an already too thinly populated in which manpower control has already reduced our productive capacity to a minimum, leaving a dangerous limit on primary production. Charity begins at home ( and the question is, what postwar arrangements have we to accept or reject? And whether the sacrifice of sovereignty is to be the price for mutual help during the war? Also whether our self-govern-ing rights over exports 4 imports, exchange and monetary policy are to be forfeited in deferance to Unitt ed Nation opinion. International agreement, on the dictation from the Wall Street Bloc. A frank statement that nothing will be done to iessen our self-governing rights without ample discussion by the people and Parliament, should be forthcoming. This would prove to 3e a step in the right direction. Yours etc., ■ W. BRADSHAW.