MR. BARNARD
MX, Jo JtCAoiiiK o : i^HiJTIjX
"NO FURTHER SERJOUS
NOTICE*'
The Prime Minister (the Hon. P. Fraser) had some brief comment to ; make today .on the remarks of the '. Hon. W. E. Barnard regarding the Council of Defence (reported on page "- ' 13). ' "Mr. Barnard, I notice," said Mr. Fraser, "made reference to the meetings of the Council 'of Defence to which' Mr. Lee and Mr. Barnard were co-opted by Mr. Savage. After the personal attack on Mr. Savage in December last, and the subsequent action taken by Cabinet, the late Prime Minister considered that it was impos- •" : sible to continue to hold the meetings, . -~ but the work of the council wa3 carried out by the Ministers directly associated with the war • activities, meeting in frequent consultation, with the Chiefs of Staff. Subsequent events . i amply justified the Prime Minister's ■ ;. ! action. • ' ~ - "I propose," said Mr. Fraser, "to take no further serious notice of -Mr, . Barnard's statements, as apparently he is under the impression that everybody in the Labour Party is out of step but himself." '
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 89, 15 April 1940, Page 9
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175MR. BARNARD Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 89, 15 April 1940, Page 9
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