POSTWOMEN’S WHISTLE

Southland Times, Issue 24871, 10 October 1942, Page 3

POSTWOMEN’S WHISTLE

Sir,—I have been amazed by the reactions of “Not a Postwoman and particularly of “Work for Freedom to the reasonable and respectful request made to our postwomen by “Wooden Whistle.” Particularly was I touched by the injunction of “Work for Freedom to “Wooden Whistle” to “think a little. I wonder if “Work for Freedom’ has ever thought of the obligations which the Post Office, the richest department of State, has towards the public and how, simultaneously with the employment of cheaper female labour, quite a few of those obligations have been quietly shelved. I know the Consolidated Fund benefits but a bit or whistle costs nothing. In these days it is admittedly difficult to preserve a balance between necessary sacrifice and useless negative hardship, but Work for Freedom’s” attitude is obviously along the lines that because of the hell in London any protest against the scheme of things in Invercargill New Zealand is reprehensible. . Follow that logic for a decade and Nazism will have nothing on us. If “Work for Freedom did some thinking for a change, he or she would have to conclude that jungle law still prevails and under it, unfortunately, voluntary surrender of certain rights, even in the name of the war effort, is yet premature. Yes, the girls are doing a great job. No one ever suggested anything to the contrary. I would give a lot, sir, to know just what “Work for Freedom” is doing in the wav of working for freedom. MODERATION.