What The Candidates Are Saying

Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29365, 18 November 1960, Page 18

What The Candidates Are Saying

Politicians “A politician is a man who can rock a boat in a calm sea and convince everyone in it, including himself, that the sea is rough.”—Mr T. T. Murray (National. Stratford). Orders-In-Council “The National Party made much this year of being a constitutional organisation. Orders-in-Council are not unusual and are used by every Government; But I do object to criticism by hypocrites who put through as many or more than any other government.”—Mr N. E. Kirk (Labour. Lyttelton). War And Peace “If the money spent on war material in the 1939-45 war had been devoted to humanity, a £12.000 house, £4OOO worth of furniture and £20,000 in cash could have been given every family in the United States. Canada. Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, France, Russia, and Belgium.”—Mr R E Crawford (Social Credit. Wairarapa). Servant “When you send me to Wellington you send me there as your servant and not your master.”—Mr J. B. Hay (National. Lyttelton). Labour Policy “Labour can’t have it both ways. They can’t represent big business and the workers, too Our policy is a working-elass Policy. You can’t be on both sides of the fence.”—Mr F. E McNulty (Communist, Avon). Superlatives “Superlatives are not politics I counted the use of the word ‘humbug’ by National Party members at the last session 392 times and gave up. Superlatives like that never get you anywhere." —Miss M B. Howard (Labour Sydenham). Equality "If a woman is going to get equal pay she will have to take equal responsibility.”—Mr C. L Carr (Labour, Timaru).

Time Payment

“The National Party would pay for works out of loans. But letting posterity pay their share is a wrong attitude for parents to take. When it grows up the child should not have to pay for the concrete paths it rides a trike on today.”—Mrs O. E. Smuts-Kennedy (Labour. Karori).