Dear Sir

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 11, Issue 21, 28 April 1947, Page 4

Dear Sir

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CITIZENS’ BAND Sir, —In your report on the Civie Reception given to the above Band on 17th inst., you stated that “it was a great achievement to bring championship honours to Whakatane for the first time.” Would you kindly permit me to correct that statement as the Band has won similar honours on two previous occasions, first in 1933 and again in 1935. Several ex-Bandsmen who • competed at these contests are residents of Whakatane still. Only three of the present personnel of the Band have competed previously these being Messrs. W. Jarrett, Ken Jarrett and Len Broadmore. Yours etc., • H. G. WARREN, Acting Secretary.

SLUMP COMPLEX Sir, —Quoting Mr Stanley Clark (Auckland Weekly News 2/4/47): Reports from all over the world reveal that Governments are aware of the dangers of the impending slump; and are planning against mass unemployment and distress, when the slump begins. Now there is no reason why we here in New Zealand should get hysterical over this slump talk. During the last slump we were told that a little poverty was good for the people. Why? Because the producers of the goods required, were denied the right of credit (exchange) because the Foreign Office said so. Therefore the producers of those goods were not allowed to utilise those goods. Now are both producers and consumers, therefore they should have the right of exchange for those goods (tickets on. demand) from their Government, as credit on production. Therefore the cost of issue should, be free of in-! terest, as we know it (taxation on production)., Our resources are quite etyual to the demand on production for internal consumption; so what is physically possible should be made financially! possible. There is. one way out, .to economic freedom. It is not through the Bretton Woods Fact, and/or the bank of International Settlements! We must have internal credit, produced, for and by the people; as representing oui* internal production and consump- . tion. Economic freedom and a con- / tented mind can be got through the ballot box, but sae to it that you are voting for a representative and not just a member of parliament, who is bound by the caucus of foreign finance, and/or capitalised trade unionism. So I would quote Winston Churchill: “Why did the pioneers of this country migrate in order to find, create, and consolidate, the land of the Free and the home of the Brave? Why this! If it were not to find self expression in isolation.” Please remember if we want economic freedom it must be s in self expression when in isolation; and the world is in economic chaos.

Yours etc., W. BRADSHAW.