Political Leaders

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 86, 5 January 1935, Page 13

Political Leaders

Sir, —In your issue of New Year’s Eve you favoured us with the views of three political leaders. May I ask, why three? Is it not indicative of the determination to keep party strife alive when at a time like the present we should present a solid front to rampant Socialism? When will cur public men put country first and their personal ambition anywhere but in the forefront? We are sick of it all, so let it pass. Now .as to the three leaders as you style them. It seems to me almost grotesque that these men should take upon themselves to predict the future. What do they know beyond whac is clear to most of us who have to watch the signs of the times closely, overwhelmed as we are by doubt as to where we stand ? For myself, I am inclined to have legard to what Mr. Savage says, not that I place him on a nigher plane than the ordinary place-hunting politician, but I have an idea he does his own thinking. Just here would it nut be pertinent to esk: How long is this Dominion to be made the plaything of crude, inexperienced university theorists who call themselves economists and are to-day boasting that they are governing the country? The weary plaint of the overburdened taxpayer: “How long, O Lord, how long I” is being heard all over the land, I should not be surprised to see a long-suffering people rise in its might in an effort to sweep these presumptuous upstarts from the positions they now hold. Their talents are being used to formulate a policv of concealment. What was the object of creating the Reserve Bank? To cover up by figures what the country will have to provide for under the Bank Indemnity Act? What is the National Mortgage Corporation scheme for’ I venture to say it is for no other purpose than to cov c r up or hide for the time being’ the huge losses to be faced in connection with State lending departments. That is why the “brains trust” has been busy-hatching this dangerous measure. Are there not half a dozen brave, clear-headed men in the House who will determine not to let any business proceed until the true position has been clearly revealed? —I am, etc., „. DISGUSTED. Wellington.