Hutt

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31754, 10 August 1968, Page 12

Hutt

Sir,—“Disillusioned Nationalist” is whistling loudly to keep his courage up, but unfortunately he is off-key. Labour's drop of 3.9 per cent in votes compares badly with National’s drop of only 2.7 per cent. The increased vote for Social Credit shows, once again, that many electors dissatisfied with the Government are not prepared to vote Labour, Your correspondent might well transfer the terms, “discredited” and “tottering,” from the Government to the Labour Opposition. Had Labour upheld the former decision of the Arbitration Court electors might not now fear that a return to a Labour Government would give the “green light” to rriilitant unionism.—Yours, etc., FEDERATION OF LABOUR PARTY. August 8, 1968.

Sir,—Social Credit is an anti-Labour party. The Hutt by-election shows that. The only circular put out by Social Credit attacked the Labour Party and no-one else. It offered not one word about Social Credit policy. Similarly, not one word of criticism of the National Government. Social Credit did not attack National. It did exclusively attack Labour, obvi-

ously, as always, to split votes and so keep the National Government in office. —Yours, etc., CHANGING. August 7, 1968.