WORKERS' EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION.

Taranaki Daily News, 26 June 1920, Page 2

WORKERS' EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION.

(To the Editor.) t Sir,—l haye read Mr. S. W. Fltzherbort's letter in your issue of to-day. As lam a member of the Committee, and Mr. Fltzherbert expressed to nie his disapproval of the entire WE A. scheme for an economic class> and very forcibly expressed his disapproval of it when I told him, after Mr. Seymour's first meeting, that he had been elected a member of the cciaimittee, it may be that I am the other members of the committeo he referred to. As Mr. Fltzherbert holds tho views lie does, obviously he would aflot remain on the committee, and one wonders, what he has to complain of in not being notified of the committee meetings, and, any way, the committee will now havo had tho opportunity of reading his objections to the methods adopted for these classes, at considerable, length. It Is a little unusual for- lectures and discussions which have not been delivered to be condemned beforehand and for the lecturer to be by inference told that lie will be talking nonsense. Mr. Bottrill's lectures &nd' the following discussions Mr. Fitzherbert has not heard. Some of tis have seen a book by Mr. Fltzherbert, but have refrained from calling It nonsense or full of fallacious principles, at least in a public print. If Mr. Fltzherbert thinks that" a class formed onalnly, not entirely, among, those who have not had the advantage of earlier study of "a scientific explanation for the laws underlying tile production and distribution of wealth," which will. In fact, in part somewhat resemble a debating society for the discussion of economic problems," Is useless, ho might well start a class or debating society of his own. Any statement or light on our present economic problems is to bo welcomed. Mr. Fltzherbert judging by his letter, knows exactly where tho present students and professors of economics go wrong. Mr. Fltzherbert writes of "political propaganda." There are hundreds of Labor men, many of most advanced views, throughout New Zealand who are attend.ng WE A. classes, and paying money for doing ■so. Possibly they are as well able as your correspondent to know whether such remarks have any truth.—l am, etc., L. ETHERINGTON. 'New-Plymouth, June 24. 1920.