GET-WELL CARD

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30454, 30 May 1964, Page 12

GET-WELL CARD

IBy

WHIM WHAM)

C^M ne, . Mlnlst ®r ! should ha ve more free time .. . demand! sectlons • ■ ■ bigots, societies, crussderr, agitators, factions, pressure groups, all endeavouring to sain Government and public support . . . ‘'The duties of a Ml°nl*ter . . . are exacting and exhausting and can be health-destroying iriAia.k. .. u t r , eas °nable In qur demands."—The Prime ‘° ,h ’ Con ’“ tu,lonal Society convenI know We are an undeserving Mob, Ungrateful for the Government we get: Dealing with Us is an exhausting Job. Ask any member of the Cabinet! The Bigot, obstinate in his Belief, Comes pounding at the Ministerial Door: The tedious Crusader, with his Sheaf Of Signatures, will argue and implore. The Agitator and the Pressure GroupCommercial, cultural; profane, religious Cause even the sturdiest Minister to droop Or crack beneath a Burden so prodigious. Sir, when WE want Loads lightened or Wrongs righted Or Something done, the Minister’s our Man When We’re alarmed, or otherwise excited, The Minister must cope as Best he can. To him We turn—to Whom do We expect Him in his Turn to turn to, in Distress? Who’s Minister to the Minister, in Effect? For What, when under Pressure, can he press? I’m sorry, Sir, I can’t feel sympathetic With Governments that cry out, under Strain: Is it MY Place to feel apologetic For putting Ministers to so much Pain? Don’t misconstrue Me, now, my Heart’s not Stone Good Health to ALL of Us in all our Stations! Let Ministers be mindful of their Own— WE’ll see to it They don’t forget the Nation’s