FARMERS AND POLITICS
Reference to the recent report indicating the possibility of the New Zealand Farmers' Union supporting the National Party was made in the House of Representatives yesterday afternoon by the Minister of Agriculture (Mr. Barclay), who gave the Deputy Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Poison) a friendly warning. "I advise the member for Stratford to look out," remarked Mr. Barclay. "He might be pushed out of the deputy leadership of his party by Mr. Mulholland if the Farmers' JJnion gets into Parliament.
Mr. Roberts (Government, Wairarapa): He pushed him out of the Farmers' Union presidency. (Laughter.) • Later in the debate, Mr. R. M. Macfarlane (Government, Christchurch South) said that affiliation of the Farmers' Union with the National Party would clear the political air in New Zealand. A large number of farmers had for many years been hostile to the Government, and he had come to the conclusion that it was not a matter of reason but was something organic. He thought that the propaganda of the farmers against the Government was caused by the fact that the Farmers' Union was preparing to ally itself with the National Party.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 136, 10 June 1943, Page 4
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