Tour position rejected
PA Wellington The New Zealand Council for Civil Liberties has rejected by a narrow margin its chairman's earlier statement against banning the Springboks. '
The council's annual meeting was dominated by discussion of whether it was right to retuse to issue visas to a visiting Springbok team. The chairman, Mr N. Dunning, had earlier interpreted standing council policy to argue that a refusal of visas was an infringement of civil liberties. The council’s president, Mr Dennis Rose, told the meeting that he had opposed Mr Dunning’s public statement, and proposed to the meeting
a statement that, "if need be." Government opposition to the tour "be supported by refusal to issue visas to the Springbok team.” In the ensuing two-hour debate, most speakers were opposed to the tour, but many jibbed at withholding visas. Some said that it was a moral issue and that it was not for the Government to use its overriding powers. “The path of civil liberties is to persuade others of your point of view,” said one speaker.
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