"DEGENERATE" CARTOONS
$ir,-The opium of the people used to be religion. Now we have "Humanitarian’s" solemn assurance that it is ‘humour. And ‘since he quotes the British "Minister of Food to support his argument he may permit me to reply with the words of the British Prime Minister. This is what Mr. Attlee recently told foreign correspondents in London: "There is no man so great that it is not sometimes good for him to be laughed at, no situation so serious that it may not be improved by a joke." It is no accident that Mr. Attlee gave John Strachey a portfolio that will develop his sense of humour or break him.
POPPY
(Wellington).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 366, 28 June 1946, Page 5
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114"DEGENERATE" CARTOONS New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 366, 28 June 1946, Page 5
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