PART OF SCIENCE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 September 1941, Page 5

PART OF SCIENCE

IN THE RECONSTRUCTION OF CIVILISATION GREAT CONFERENCE OPENED IN LONDON. MESSAGE FROM MR. CHURCHILL (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 9.25 a.m.) RUGBY. September 26. A message from the Prime Minister, Mr. Winston Churchill, was read when the three-day conference of science and new world order opened in London today under the auspices of the British Association.

Mr. Churchill said: “One of our objects in fighting this war is to maintain the right of free discussion and interchange of ideas. In contrast to the intellectual darkness which is descending on Germany, the freedom our scientists enjoy is a valuable weapon to us, for superiority in scientific development is a vital factor in the preparation of victory. The presence of representatives of so many different nations is a striking proof of the universal desire for liberty of thought, which all the power of the Gestapo will never entirely stamp out. It will take a long time for the civilised Powers to repair the trail of material and moral havoc which the Germans leave behind them. It will require all the resources of science. But I look forward to the clay when the scientists of every nation can devote all their energies to the common task.” The conference opened, under the chairmanship of Sir Richard Gregory (president of the British Association), with a discussion on “Science in Government.”

Sir Richard Gregory said the conference expressed the common purpose of men of science to take an active part in the reconstruction of civilisation.