PRESSURE ON PARTY

Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 4, 30 September 1943, Page 4

PRESSURE ON PARTY

Mr. Holland’s Comment (Uy Telegraph.—Press Association.)' CHRISTCHURCH, September 29. “It is quite clear that the outside pressure that dominates the Labour Party has been too strong for Air. Fraser,” said the Leader of the Opposition, Air. Holland, when the article by the Prime Alinister. in the “Standard was referred to him for comment this afternoon. . . ‘‘On innumerable occasions in the past Air. Fraser has stated his personal opinion that a national government was essential for a full war effort,” Air. Holland continued. “Apparently,, however, he is not in the position to implement those opinions. It is true that on the day before the election he asked the people to support his party. On the- next day, however, the majority of the people of New Zealand said by -their votes that they opposed the present Governments administration. Therefore Air. Frasers statement that he feels that he can claim that the Government’s policy has been endorsed, when more than half of the .people have voted against the Government, is just about the strangest reckoning one can imagine. “Clearly the people have said by their votes that, they demand that this Government should refrain from further expansion of the state, control, internal marketing and such like measures of nationalization, but apparently Air. Fraser-is quite unable to take that meaning from the electors’ verdict.”