FREEDOM' ATTACK

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue LXIX, 21 September 1938, Page 13

FREEDOM' ATTACK

NATIONAL MANIFESTO.

MR. J. A. LEE SATIRICAL

TURNING THfi MOWS LOOSE.''

"S«> this is freedom!" said Mr. J. A. l<o, M.l'., Labour candidate for Grey I.ynn, in discussing the National party* ninnif.'Hto at a crowded meeting lit St. <;,.,.!-,••« Hall, Kingsland, H st ,n ' 1 '". i, , , "' I TJ ,,M '! : Wlls « large overflow .... >..!... list,.n,,j, to a loud-speaker "■■•lay. Mr. .1. \ixon presided. \\;i\mg i,,.t..ie the audience the ni'«-|.ii|.iT statement of the National I'", i.'-.v, Mr. Lee omlwrkcil upon a i-i-iii.-iMn of Mr. Hamilton's conception "I friM.flf.ni. "It is freedom that would 1 "J".ViMI I>V a crowd of school chil- '!"" at ii zoo if the lions and wolves urn. let loose," ho mill .. Jt W((lll< , . freedom to turn out the live -year-olds A Voice: taxation! "Mr. Lee: Yes, less taxation for the man with an income of £10.(>00 at the r\|i(-ns(> of the old-age pensioner The National party wants freedom to Icuytln-n hours and reduce wages. We want freedom to increase wagea and lower hours to ensure a higher standard of living. "I haven't got much time to waste on this manifesto— there*, is nothing in it—and Ido not think the country "will waste time on it either—or votes. Mr. Lee spoke for two hours, following in the main the general lines of his address the previous evening. J[ L . was accorded a vote of thanks and comidence.