NATIONAL INTERESTS
R.S.A. Urged To Play Greater Part “The N.Z.R.S.A., with its growing power, membership and influence, cannot avoid much longer taking a more prominent part in non-party political affairs,” said Mr. W. 11. Woodward, S.M. (New Plymouth), at the Dominion conference in Wellington yesterday, when the association’s newspaper, “Review,” was the subject of a remit. The future of the two were linked, said Mr. Woodward. The country was distracted by pressure groups, each pushing it own barrow exclusively. He would regret to see the R.S.A. becoming a pressure group and pushing exclusively the rights of its own members. The country was looking for a lead and the association, constituted as it was, could best of a'l give that lead. There were .many matters of great import that were non-party political, or should be. Housing, for instance, vitally concerned the association, and the rest of the community. The association, having in mind the benefit to its members, could advance views on their behalf and on that of the whole country. There were other matters like immigration, population, and allied question-, on which it should express itself. It was true that at times the association might touch on the fringe of party politics, but that could be due to the fringe of party politics extending further than it should; that matters were made political which should not be. But once touching that fringe, they should not be too timid, provided their articles were reasonable and well expounded. They should not be affected by “go-canny-itis, or “passing the buck-itis” or “Welling-ton-itis.” . Without vision a people perished, and it might be, unless care was taken, that in this way the association, too. would die. away. This remit, to which Mr. Woodward spoke, was then carried: “That in view of the important position the U.S.A, is due and bound to take in New Zealand, it is desirable that the ‘Review’ should devote considerable space to matters of national interest, always having regard, to the declared liQjilicaJ policy
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Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 234, 30 June 1944, Page 6
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333NATIONAL INTERESTS Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 234, 30 June 1944, Page 6
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