Radio Town Meetina

New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 422, 25 July 1947, Page 9

Radio Town Meetina

"| HE session which has replaced 3ZB’s _ Radio Round Table dealt recently with the question of food for Britain"that by increasing production and decreasing consumption we should export more." This motion ‘was put and seconded by the speakers, who then proceeded to answer questions put by the meeting; listeners were invited to write in giving their opinion, the result of the poll to be announced the following week. I shall not be too surprised when a triumphant voice announces an overwhelming majority for the motion; nor shall I attribute this success wholly to the efforts of Radio Town Meeting. On the other hand, the questions raised by this session wete in the main’ relevant and answerable ones-the sort of problems that might easily occur to the ordinary person: for instance, who gets the money when the collected fat is sold, and how does it help Britain if the fat goes to our own factories? The larger issues, such as problems of distribution in Britain, of supplying food to Germany and-of course the turn-round of ships in our own ports, were, wisely, I think, either briefly dealt with or frankly shelved. Nor did there seem to ‘be any way, beyond bare assertion, of convincing listeners that the food saved really does go to Britain. These sessions are well-organised and thoroughly competent within their limits. And even if they do nothing else, ‘they at least serve to keep such matters in the forefront of our minds.