SOFT PEDAL POLITICS.
Sir -At the risk of being dealt a mightier blow than that received by your correspondent R. Goodman, I would suggest that your leader "Gathering Clouds" was completely lacking in inspiration and practical help for your readers. How many New Zealanders are there "who would sooner have the excitement of rumour and lies than no excitement at all and can sometimes be too dangerous to be allowed their liberty?" This smacks of Gestapo and Ogpu. You counsel us to think about war but to say nothing about it. For too long has the liberal press handed out insipid, diluted philosophy and politics to its readers. , Personally I am grateful to those authoritative voices which for the last two or three decades have proclaimed the dangers of Communism. Communists are ceaselessly working, and if they are not to prevail we must be ceaselessly nailing their lies and counteracting their poison. There are comrades everywhere present who are ready to hurl their appeal to our youth if an opportunity
international relations will suffer if w proclaim our intention to fight tooth an nail to rid the country of Communism. Your paper assumes that the majority of our population is mortified that a former ally should be responsible for. depriving some dozen nations of their sovereignty and liberty. The fact is that there are thousands in New Zealand who are delighted with Russia’s success. A friend of mine, who is in a position to influence the youthful mind, has stated that it is fine, in fact, a miracle. I am ia fervent admirer of The Listener, and think you should take every opportunity of printe ing informative articles on what_is pr should arise. We need not fear bably the greatest political and s crisis in history.
CHRISTIAN
DEMOCRAT
(Auckland).
[We do not know how many New Zeas landers are "delighted with Russia’s success"® (in depriving neighbours of their liberty). Neither does our correspondent. We know that whatever the number is it is too many,-Ed.]j
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 18, Issue 466, 28 May 1948, Page 5
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