Dear Sir,

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 39, 20 April 1948, 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. VOTED OUT Sir, —A motion was put, a a result of the passing of a resolution by the executive of the Victoria University College Students’ Association (Otago Daily Times 24/3/48): “That a letter of congratulation be sent to the Communist Premier of Czechoslovakia congratulating him on the triumph of “Democracy” in his country? The reaction was a resolu-. tion that the Association had no confidence in the executive, and that it neither endorsed the sending of the letter or the sentiments therein. It was suggested that it was classic Communistic tactics, to pass serious motions in a flippant manner, and that the executive was hoping to get away with it. The executive rescinded its resolution after its high-handed action had been discovered. But what would it have done had the Student body raised no protest? I suggest the letter would have ’been sent without thought or regard to the consequences. An amendment was put by Mr N. R. Taylor, a former president, but was objected to by Mr Mclver, who said that the executive wanted to use its position to abuse its privileges once more. The amendment was lost and the no-confidence motion was put and carried. Mr Dowrich was in the chair, and he refused to sign the motion of congratulation, as the public feeling was obvious. N How much more, then, ■ should those who believe in British freedom be vigilant when we find the political and economic planners undermining our educational system/that was founded on Magna Carta. This is not a singular case of infiltration only another phrase in the game. , Yours etc., W. BRADSHAW.