FARMERS AND CENSUS
A LEAD ASKED FOR
TALK OF DIRECT ACTION
WANGANUI, this day.
The question whether primary producers should refuse to fill in census papers as a protest against the Government's proposal to reduce the country quota for Parliamentary elections, TVas debated by the Wanganui Provincial Executive of the Farmers' Union. Members were divided, but agreed that the matter should be Referred to the Dominion Executive for a lead. In moving the resolution of protest, the president, Mr. T. Currie, said a census in war time would not reveal the true position and was not warranted. ■'■■-'■ "ii Mr. I. Higgie moved an amendment that the Farmers' Union recommend that members refuse to fill in census papers. Farmers were always opposed to direct action because they believed it their duty tc produce as much food as possible. In the present case they could take direct action without interfering with production. Mr. W. Morrison said the Farmers' Union would be making a mistake if it supported direct action. "If this is the law we, as citizens, are bound to uphold it, even if we don't agree with the law," he said.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXVI, Issue 152, 29 June 1945, Page 7
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