MR HAMILTON’S ADDRESS.

Evening Star, Issue 22973, 2 June 1938, Page 14

MR HAMILTON’S ADDRESS.

TO THE EDITOE. Sir“ Ajax ” refers to Mr Hamilton’s statement that the Arbitration Court will be free from political interference. As stated in my previous letter, “ actions speak louder ■ than words.”- Mr Hamilton’s ideas of the Arbitration Court being free from political interference were demonstrated in 1931 and when his Government introduced legislation at the dictates of its political henchmen to violate awards _ and voluntary agreements entered into between the workers and employers. As he is now wailing up and down the country against what he terms high costs in industry, it is evident that if he is ever returned to power he will, judged on past records, not only revoke the 40-hour week, but also cut wages. “ Ajax ” says Mr Hamilton’s policy is to maintain pensions. Let Mr Hamilton speak for himself on this point. At Dunedin so late as May, 1937, he was reported as follows: “ We have been living under a regime whose policy has been dominated entirely by sentiment and sympathy. More pensions, more paying out all the time, is their war-cry, to the exclusion of judgment and freedom.” When we remember Mr Hamilton and company’s vicious slash on pensions and wages when in power, it is easy to see what is in store for pensioners and workers should they ever be placed in power again. How long is it since “ Ajax ” abandoned misrepresentation of others for his own political friends’ advantage? His letters, and letters under similar nom de plumes in different centres on political questions, are diluted with inferences and misrepresentations directed against the Government. They lead one to believe that he is merely a vehicle for the retailing of propaganda strongly flavoured with Nationalist Party bias.—l am, etc., M.H.C. June 2.