Minister ‘making fool of himself’
The Minister of Education (Mr Wellington) is making a fool of himself by refusing to meet the New Zealand University Students’ Association while Mr Simon Wilson lis its president, according to [Labour’s shadow Minister of ■.Education, Mr C. R. Marishall.
Mr Wellington said on Thursday that Mr Wilson was a Marxist and that he would not deal with a Marxist. “The Minister is making a fool of himself,” said Mr Marshall, a former Methodist minister whom the Prime Minister (Mr Muldoon) has referred to in Parliament
i as the “Red. Reverend.” i Whom the students elected : was their own business, Mr Marshall said. “It is grossly unfair for i the Minister to discriminate against any organisation be- ] cause he dislikes the politics ■ of its leaders, Mr Marshall t said.
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