BRITISH LABOUR PARTY

Evening Star, Issue 22683, 24 June 1937, Page 11

BRITISH LABOUR PARTY

DINNER TD MR SAVAGE " ALL THE BRAINS NOT IN EUROPE " Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, June 22. Under the chairmanship of Mr C. R. Attlee, the Labour Party tendered a dinner to Mr Savage. Mi- Ernest Bevin proposed the toast of “ The Government of New Zealand,” which he said had proved that all the brains were not in Europe. The Dominion was giving a lead to the Mother Country. He_ hoped that Australia would follow New Zealand’s example at the next election, and he prayed that Australia would achieve equal Labour unity. Mr Savage declared that there was little opposition left in New Zealand. The possibility of the application of further quotas on New Zealand produce entering Britain would act as a deterrent to migration. “ I would extremely regret any move to force lis into that position,” Mr Savage added. If the Empire was to live, its components must accomplish this together. Mr W. J. Jordan reiterated his denial of the incident at Geneva, when, jt was alleged, Mr Anthony Eden altex-cd a speech that the New Zealand delegate was about to make. Mr Jordan said that any attempt to interfere with New Zealand’s foreign policy would have been regarded as an insult. Mr Eden was actually amending his own speech, which previously he had shown to Mr Jordan.