To the Euitor of the "'Norru-Cuixa Daux News"
Sim—The Council's appeal for recruits to the S.V.C. and its lack of British and American support (resulting in comparatively few en-Iistments, the slackness of some those who are members, and the re-sultan Tack of both efficiency and numbers) bring to mind the following quotations from an article by the American recently in "The Readers' Digest, condensed from "Harper's Mage: zine: correption of lowes in either" coarse" or" subtle!
ited in, the erder tee 8 Group their appeal the" motives which Sxert the "Preatest" influence on nose of our "They all thatthe fraid in American, mentality Which should be aimed at to get largest" sales results neat Other" hight Show, "without "real basi. the character of the American citizen envisaged by the advertiser ale of Spiritual shode tend the rs know
of gosgetters bent om individual ain heir beriners ya" notan. composed rocarifes of how obtained, of people trying to et for as Tite ar pomsbie, of citizens insisting tele their rights and. refusing to perform their duties unless hes etn come to but one end the problem insoluble?
believe so. A wwhieh''T Know of in change in English, the time' of the rid; in generation or two civil service which has never been surpassed for honest patriotinn. and eficienes. What bad morale undermines: One "understands that there are both firms and individuals in town who readily avail themselves security, and who equally refuse to participate in providing]
y. It is considered smart do the work of the ay the benefits can be reaped. gratis, it is no wonder that thie" competitive era. peop! clamor for their rights and "ay
ing the most personal gain possible tee with for the mininium personal fort.
There are other points of view of course, There are" those Who feonsider that people who join the! 8.V.C. do 30 (1) as, a sort of sports lub in order to indulge a penchant! for shooting at Municipal" expense fand (2) as-an asset toward toc! Prestige in order to swank about in hnilitery uniform; and ily, if their tastes incline in neither dite: ion, they cannot be blamed. But! any' who "have undertaken the! pa¥atles, and courses of instruct provided will agree that there note work than play-—and on. the Whole work of a Sensible, practical and conscientious sort. "(It takes time, of course, for professional instructors to. realize that the prospective utility of the 8.V.C. is in the streets of Shanghai, obvious as fuch a view may be fo @ layman one "who considers Joining)
rejoining be blamed if he Judges that Shanghai's appreciation of the S.V.C. is commensurate the lets furnished during a mobilisajon.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.