Answering New Zealand
A RECORDED sossion from 4YA, with ** the Hon. Walter Nash, Mrs. F. D. Roosevelt, and Paul Robeson as the speakers, was the first in a_ series "Answering New Zealand." A little too much time was taken up in introducing the announcers and the speakers, and in back-patting each other’s countries, leaving time to answer only two questions. Mrs. Roosevelt answered an enquiry about the relative interest which American and New Zealand women take in politics, by tilting the balance in the direction of the latter-but she admitted that figures prove that women in general don’t vote in such numbers as men, Paul Robeson, .however, had merely to provide some informatiom about "The StarSpangled Banner" which could surely have been found in the nearest encyclopedia. However, the fact that he actually sang a verse of the’ anthem (in what seemed an impossibly low key) nate the session worth) hearing.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 12, Issue 304, 20 April 1945, Page 8
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151Answering New Zealand New Zealand Listener, Volume 12, Issue 304, 20 April 1945, Page 8
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