Persuasion advocated
PA Wellington The All Blacks must not be unlawfully prevented from leaving New Zealand for South Africa, according 1 to the joint Methodist-Pres-byterian public questions committee. The committee conveners, Sir John Marshall and Beatrice Mclver, said such action would be a victory for anarchy rather than a victory for rights of black
people in South Africa. However, they said every effort should be made to persuade the New Zealand Rugby Union that its decision to tour South Africa was not in the interests of rugby, of New Zealand, or of the black people of South Africa. “We still hope that the Rugby Union will respond to the reasoned arguments of the Government and the
views of a majority of New Zealanders,” they said. The committee called for tolerance and restraint from both pro-tour and antitour groups and said it did not support protest action which involved breaking the law or interference with the rights of others. It supported peaceful protest action against the tour and decisions made by certain companies to withdraw from rugby sponsorship.
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