DOOR SLAMMED
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT IN . AUSTRALIA STATEMENT BY MR: CURTIN CANBERRA, July 30. According to the "Sun" representative the Federal Opposition leader, Mr. J. Curtin, slammed the door against the Prime Minister's offer to form a National Government with five or six seats for Labour. Mr. Curtin in a statement said: ;The complete lack of cohesion in the present Federal Ministry makes talk of a National Government a sheer absurdity. The Prime Minister's offer ! has obviously been made for the purpose of avoiding an election. "The Labour Party fully recognises Mr. Menzies's responsibilities and we ! are prepared to give him the maximum constructive support, but he has around him colleagues and associates whose attitude is more destructive of ! national unity than anything the Opposition has said or could say or I would say."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 27, 31 July 1940, Page 5
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