RADIO AFTER THE ELECTION.

New Zealand Listener, Volume 9, Issue 222, 24 September 1943, Page 5

RADIO AFTER THE ELECTION.

Sir,-Whatever the result of the forthcoming Election should be, it is certain that some changes will be made in Broadcasting by the duly elected Government. The following in my opinion, are what the people really want: 1. Decisive action against man-made interference. Every town in New Zealand should have a Radio Inspector whose job would be to trace and have power to correct all interference. 2. Better programmes. A comprehensive campaign should be started whereby listeners could be encouraged to let the authorities know just what sort of programmes they like. 3. Better announcers, and finesse in handling the controls, 4. Investigation for the introduction of Static-less or Modulated Frequency, radio stations and television.

W. T.

BROWN

(Westport).

SALARIES FOR HOUSEWIVES. Sir,-With E.Y. (Patorua) I am in hearty accord. But she is too modest when she demands only more creches, kindergarten schools, and home helps. Until there are salaries for housewives, and allowances for families (regardless of the father’s earnings), there will be no increase in population. As housewives and mothers we are the only members of society who receive no salaryfor which we are on duty twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, every week in the year with never a holiday. And with every child that is born we lower our standard of living: The mother urge is of course so strong in us that many of us continue to have children in spite of our judgment. But our number is decreasing. As Bernard Shaw points out, many a potential mother is lost because an intelligent woman now refuses to become servant to some man as a means to motherhood.

DIGNITY OF MOTHERHOOD

(Howick).