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Sir,-I suggest that the second sentence of your editorial in The Listener of March 29 should have indicated that the cynics would find much wisdom rather than "amusement." Whatever illusions the Church may be labouring under, she is certainly under no illusion as to human nature and she showed commendable realism in urging that there should be compulsory reduction of rations to help the hungry overseas, On the other hand the Trade Unions (several of which have delayed food ships for weeks) are at least consistent in their reluctance to accept social responsibility. It would be as difficult to "persuade" the people to make voluntary reductions as it would be to persuade Trade Unions (or employers) to see beyond their own noses and over-developed corporations to the desperate need of the hungry and starving thousands overseas. They, and we, should be grateful for the Church’s realism,
WILFORD
(Auckland),
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 356, 18 April 1946, Page 5
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151COMPULSION OR PERSUASION? New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 356, 18 April 1946, Page 5
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