WHOSE COMMENT?
CENSURE MOTION. MR. LEE DOES NOT KNOW. SECOND STATEMENT. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. "I do not know who supplied the comment which was published with the resolution of the National Executive of the New Zealand Labour party regarding myself," said Mr. J. A. Lee, M.P., in a statement to-day. "The comment wa's not submitted to the executive prior to publication," he added. "I did not give an assurance to comply in future with the decisions of the National Executive and conference of the party. Ihese I have always complied with. I agreed to express regret in the exact terms of the message 1 have already given to the Press. I gave that message willingly."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 13, 16 January 1940, Page 8
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