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TRIBUTES TO MR. NASH. NEW YORK. May 14. Tributes from American political leaders were read at a luncheon in honour of Mr. Nash., who is returning in June to assume the DeputyPrime Ministership of New Zealand. The Mayor of New York (Mr. La Guardia) complimented Mr. Nash on his share in establishing a united Labour Party in New Zealand and said he hoped a similar condition might prevail in the United States. Mr. Nash said that the principles embodied in the four freedoms and the International Labour Organisations conference must be applied clearly not only inside each country, but also internationally. The tributes to Mr. Nash came from the Vice-President (Mr. Henry A. Wallace), the Secretary bT Labour (Miss Frances Perkins), the Secretary of the Interior (Mr. Harold L. Ickes), ,the President of lhe American Federation of Labour (Mr. William Green), the President of the Congress of Industrial Organisations (Mr. Philip Murray), Senator R. F. Wagner, and Judge Arnold, of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 15 May 1944, Page 5
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