NEW ZEALAND AND U.S.A.
Sir-I wish to reply to a letter published in a _ recent Listener signed "Putiti." "Putiti" talks about "Yankee pot hunters telling us their ideas and wishing us from their empty brains, good luck, etc." Does "Putiti" realise that those Yankees with "empty brains" invented the electric light, the phonograph, the atomic bomb, and many more of the world’s most famous inventions? If a child happens to swallow a nail or a@ screw, where does he have to go? To the country with the "empty brains." It seems to me that "Putiti’s" argument is
based on ignorance, and that he should not talk about empty brains. He also says the Americans. "have definite ideas of their importance in the world to-day." I would appreciate his telling me who he thinks is more important. There is a definite threat to the world nowadays, and it is America ‘alone who can stand against it. Also America is now ready to lift the world from its present state of chaos by loans and food exports. People now say that had it not been for England fighting the Battle for Britain, America would not be free today. I agree in part with that; but now America is on top and England owes its present existence to the United States of America. Why are we so unwilling te admit this?
PRO U.S.A.
(Greymouth).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 417, 20 June 1947, Page 5
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231NEW ZEALAND AND U.S.A. New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 417, 20 June 1947, Page 5
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