U.S. RECOVERY PLAN

Hokitika Guardian, 19 September 1933, Page 5

U.S. RECOVERY PLAN

NEW ZEALANDER’S IMPRESSIONS* (Per Pregs Association,: Copyright). AUCKLAND, September 18. " Professor* T.' A.’ Mande-f, 'formerly of New Zealand ' and now assistant* Professor of Political 'Science at the “Wasffllfgfob '‘‘nun'SsitJG* by Ommepting he sa'd that the Recovery > Act was likely to have much more revo- ii lut-ionary effects; on -the ; .political sys? * tern that many imagined. He ' did'bnoifi t know*\vhat would happened ;tb tbe Fche- :• rat system "undef the echeibe. ‘"The j political system had beon modified, £ nd • there was now running a .partnership between .. capital;: and labour . and between agriculture and tlie ", G°v.e-n* f inept ... . ■ , - ’ ** An important aspect of the Roosevelt movement, -as of .-Hitler’s and Mussolini's, was tlie " "renewed empha-is placed on moral values and moral tasks in Government;.' For instance, though sectibnaT interests "in 'AjirieTica' usually were 'largely dominant, Mr Roosevelt in the first month of' lug plan hid stood out successfully and successively against the bunks, The",returned sotdie 's, the Federation of Labour; and conservative employbrsijaiid yet he had the people with hii?w- There 'Was' a feeling that he stood' for principles loftier than those prevailing in . political parties.