‘Panic-stricken response’
PA Wellington The Labour Party’s plan to set up another carpet-making industry was just another, "panic-stricken” response to the Government’s plans for industrial expansion, said the Prime Minister (Mr Muldoon) yesterday. Labour realised that it would lose Seats in Dunedin because of its muddled attitude towards the second aluminium smelter, ho said. The leader of the Labour Party (Mr Rowling) could not make up his mind whether he supported or op-
posed the smeller, Mr Muldoon said. But the people of Dunedin had made it clear that they welcomed the jobs the smelter would create. Muldoon said the people would not be "fooled” by the Labour carpet plan and the party's attempts to create projects in election year. "Such a move would threaten to wreck the present industry as well as wrecking its export markets and place in jeopardy the jobs of workers whom Labour claims to represent,” said Mr Muldoon.
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