DEMOCRACIES ARE WORKING HARD TO PREVENT WAR

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 46, 26 January 1949, Page 5

DEMOCRACIES ARE WORKING HARD TO PREVENT WAR

Just back from the Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference and a tour of Europe and America, Mr W. Sullivan, M.P., smiling his usual genial smile, welcomed a pressman’s*’ questions yesterday evening. He has seen a lot, learned a lot, and drawrn a lot of conclusions that cannot possibly be covered in the space available this morning. Discussing the world situation, he reiterated the opinion ,sent to us from overseas, that though the fear of war hangs overhead leaders of all the democracies are united in a patient, tolerant determination to prevent it if possible: He believes in, and says both Britain and America are working hard for, Western Union. Conditions in Britain he says are still a little austere, but industries are working hard to recover qxport markets and restore the country to a sound economic position. Given peace, and a little time, responsible people consider she has a good chance of being “out of the wood” by 1952. / America just now is a .land of plenty. Goods are abundant', and free competition is proving a pricefixing protection for the consumer on most lines. Incomes are comparable with the general price structure. '