What Candidates Say

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30287, 13 November 1963, Page 18

What Candidates Say

Cradle Song “What's the first thing a child does when irt is born? It cries because the debt is too heavy. Every child that comes into the world ait present has a £5OO debt on its head.”—Mr F. J. Clark (Social Credit, Rangiora). Skeletal “We appeal to the backbone of the country, not the wishbone.”—Mr D. J Eyre (National, North Shore). Cosmonaut “Mr Holyoake is the cosmonaut of politics. He can produce astronomical figures without the use of a spaceship.”—Mr L. N. Valentine 'Labour, Awarua). Airy “Labour's ‘new look’ is like a child’s balloon, ft looks grand from a distance, is full of gas and explodes when pricked on the point of realism.”—Mr A. D. Dick (National, Wariaki). Dictators “We believe that socialism is an unworkable system which would end inevitably in dictatorship. We acre reinforced in this view by the history of our time, for all

the modern tyrants from Hitler to Castro have been swept to power as popular leaders governing in file name of the people."—Mr T. P. Shand (National, Marlborough). Bankers "We are not ouit to nationalise the banking sytem. These people have been trained in financial matters and who is better to administer them?”— Mr G. R. Kerr (Social Credit, Marlborough) Interrogators “I've never known Social Security officers to question people as to what they have behind them as much as they do today. We'll put an end to that very quickly.”—Mr J. Mathison (Labour. Avon). Worthy Aim “The Social Creditors’ object of halting inflation is most worthwhile, but the methods they propose have never worked and no economist of repute thinks they can.”—Mr H. J. Walker (National, St Albans). In The Dough “There are more than 50 taxes in one loaf of bread—no wonder there is a subsidy on it.”—Mr J. E. Pounsford (Social Credit, Sydenham).

Allegiance “I am not a party hack. When I am elected to Parliament I will have no allegiance to the Social Credit League. My allegiance will be first to the Crown.”—Mr A. W. Barwood (Social Credit, Ashburton). Paper War The Leader of the Labour Party (Mr Nordmeyer) returned to his private plane in Dargaville yesterday to be greeted by a Social Credit sticker on the window: “Cracknell for Hobson.” It was removed before the plane flew to Whangarei. Footballer “Could we send Mr Nordmeyer to England as an in-side-back?” said the Minister of Labour (Mr Shand) at St. Anne's Hall, Centaurus road, last evening. "He’s got the most perfect side-step I ever saw." Markets “No-one has made it their business to ascertain what is wanted overseas generally and what markets could be available if we produced those things.”—Mr M. A. Connelly (Labour, Riccartop).