THE WAR EFFORT.
REJOINDER TO MR BARNARD. WELLINGTON, March 4. The Hon. J. G. Barclay (Minister of Marketing) who is himself a returned soldier, said to-day that he could not understand why the Speaker of the House of Representatives should claim a privileged position for returned men in advising the Government as to what was necessary. “Something we did in the last war does not make our advice of any more value to-day,” said Mr Barclay. “Let Mr Barnard and Mr Lee put forward some constructive proposals for improving the war effort and not try to cash in on something they did more than 20 years ago. The public will honour us for what we did in the last war, but will judge our usefulness in the present crisis on what constructive suggestions we can put forward.
“The confidence of the people, so much to be desired, as mentioned by Mr Barnard, can be attained only by constructive proposals, and if Mr Lee and Mr Barnard will show that they have any such proposal I feel sure the War Cabinet will welcome their assistance.”
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 62, Issue 122, 5 March 1942, Page 2
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