Dear Sir,

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 11, Issue 48, 2 July 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. THE ILLUSION OF FULL EMPLOYMENT Sir, —The average misinformed voter becomes a victim of policies imposed upon him by sectional interest. This is especially so, because the real issues are purposely obscured during the war, when full employment controls his mental and physical outlook, and leaves neither energy or time to examine the results of the policies imposed upon him.

A review of -the tactics adopted during the above-mentioned period, reveals that the will of the elector has been perverted. The nature of the movement may be summed up as: The application of the legal process in an attempt to subvert the spirit of our constitution, and to place decisions on policy outside the control of the representatives of the people. The achievements in this field can be aptly shown during the last session of Parliament as a major but silent revolution in the consti--1 tutional structure under the projected use of external affairs power.

The contention is, that under the external affairs the Government has power to make treaties and agreements with other countries and to implement those treaties under the same power. The framers of the Constitution had never foreseen the making of treaties which would involve domestic' policy in all its aspects, affecting the lives of our citizens and invading the domestic.. policies of the State. Such treaties are the Bretton Woods and the NeW Zealand-Australia agreement, the Food and Agricultural Organisation Acts; and to make the / centralised power doubly secure, that which secured the inclusion of “full employment” in the charter formulated by U.N.C.1.0.

But what does “full employment” mean? It is a perfect instrument to control the individual in establishing the Servile World State. The full employment programme must fail if scientific advancement is to remain a factor in production; if machinery is to be the time factor in production, the producer and consumer should get equal benefit. But not by “full employment” as we know it, as.a means to an end! That is “full dictatorship.” Yours etc., W. BRADSHAW.

HELPING WHAKATANE AHEAD Sir, —In the up-and-coming town of Mount Maunganui they have an organisation known as the Mount ' 5000 Club, the object of which is to attract residents until the population goes up to 5000. Perhaps something of the same sort could, achieve a great deal in carrying out improvements to Whakatane. Is there room for a Whakatane 10,000 club? The Mount 5000 Club has played a noticeable part in the progress of Mount Maunganui. The work of a similar club in beautifying Waikanae Beach at Gisborne is clearly evident and the organisation in Napier called the 30,000 Club has done wonders to the Marine Parade there. An organisation of the nature suggested is worthwhile in any district as it fills in that little gap between the activities of a Borough Council and a Chamber of Commerce. Yours etc., PROGRESS. WHAT’S IN A NAME Sir, —I am pleased to see that the Whakatane County Council is opposed to the idea of some board of city men who want to abolish the name of “Mount Edgecumbe” and replace it by the old Maori name. I have nothing against Maori names, but it seems as if those who want' to rename Mount Edgecumbe are just about a hundred years too late. Nobody has yet succeeded in altering the name of Mount Egmont back to “Taranaki,” which I understand is the Maori name, so why not leave poor old Mount Edgecumbe alone? Yours etc., PLAINSMAN.