Dear Sir.

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 11, Issue 45, 25 June 1947, Page 4

Dear Sir.

Letters to the Editor must be clearly written on one side of the paper only and where a nom-de-plume is used the name of the writer must be included for reference purposes. The Editor reserves the right to abridge, amend or withhold any letter or letters. , . • BRETTON WOODS Sir, —In my opinion, the Bretton Woods Agreement is an important part of the anti-British plot, and its aceptance was forced upon the British Parliament by America. The plotters had the shipping; the British people had to accept financial surrender or starve. The politicians felt obliged to give bad advice to His Majesty the King and to force him to aquiesce in the surrender to aliens of the sovereignty of the British Parliament.

Whatever excuse there may have been for this conduct, there is no excuse for similar anti-British action on the part of our New Zealand politicians. It can be amply demonstrated that the ratification of this infamous document will mean that except in parochial matters, the Government will have no control over affairs in New Zealand. But instead we shall have the following position: (a) Domestic policy, price levels, and standard of living will be controlled and dictated by aliens; (b) The supply of New Zealand money (exchange) will be restricted at the dictations of aliens; (c) Re-con-struction and development will be curtailed by aliens; (d) Internal currency will be regulated according to the gold held, not according to production, or local needs; (e) Finally, the Empire will be made into a collection of countries worked by debt slaves for the benefit of alien international financiers.

On the basis of the forgoing it is beyond argument that every member of the House who votes for the ratification of Bretton Woods, has not only betrayed the trust placed in him by the people, but is also a party in the arbitrary transferance of allegiance from His Majesty the King to a foreign instrumentality controlled by an alien power. Yours etc., W. BRADSHAW.

DANCES FOR SCHOOL PUPILS Sir, —I have read the letter concerning “High School Dances” in last Wednesday’s Beacon. Apparently “Nine Times out of Ten” is ignorant of the fact, High School dances, in most cases, are run entirely by High School pupils themselves. The dances are for the sake of teaching High School pupils to dance, so that they will be able to enjoy themselves at other functions, such as the Young Caledonians to which many pupils belong. *

At High School dances the boys are encouraged to get up and dance, so that they won’t be sitter-outs all their lives, it also helps them to stop being self-conscience. Now concerning ages: There is a saying which reads, “The younger you are the better you learn,” so if children go to dances, now and learn how to run them, there will be better supervised dances in the future. I wonder if “Nine Times Out” ever stopped to think that he or she was once young and liked enjoyment. Perhaps he or she was barred from it, therefore wants to debar other children from the privileges he or she couldn’t have. I also think he or she must have once asked for a new pair of “longs” or a new frock, and papa had to “cough up.” Or did he or she have to work for what he or she received. I think the modern child works in most cases and receives pleasure in the way of dances in return for their labour. That is my opinion on high school dances. Yours etc., A THIRD FORMER.