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Hokitika Guardian, 15 December 1927, Page 2

BROADCA ST DEBATES. Controversy, properly conducted, would give a reality to wireless pro. ceedings. a contact with real life, which at present is sadly to seek. A few rules would Ik* required to govern controversial discussions, such as exactly equal opportunities for both sides. At first the milder subjects and speakers could be chosen and bv and by. as people wore familiarised as speakers and listeners with the new medium of public debate, the more controversial questions could be admitted. If the 8.8.0. secures permission and carries on these debates and the right subjects are chosen, it will not have much more attractive fare on its daily pro-grammes.—-“Nottingham Guardian’’ BRITISH AND AMERICAN IDEALS Possibly the fundamental difference l>etween American and British industrial methods is that in the former the personal factor is stressed, and. in the latter, the material factor. Individual liberty in the American mind is something more than an ideal; it is a religion. Further, it-is not limited to any class or to any locality. In the I'nit. ed States, individual liberty is the paramount aim of industry and of the State. On the other hand, the prevailing conception of the rights of property is the curse of British industry. Tn the last fifty years the harshness of that conception; has been modified, but it still persists in the sense that those in control of industry put material gain, otherwise profits, before all other considerations. The rights of workers and the rights of the community are of minor importance. The right of the owner of property “to do as he likes with his own” is deeply rooted in the minds of all. but tlie labouring class. From tbis principle is derived the notion that those who own the capital in anv industrial concern are entitled to < omrlete freedom in management, including the right to mismanage.—F. D'fTjinlon, in “The To-day,’'