HOW LABOR RULES

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 12887, 13 June 1936, Page 4

HOW LABOR RULES

MORE PARLIAMENTARY UNDER-SECRETARIES. DEFINITE, status under NEW LEGISLATION. 'Press Association). WELLINGTON, June 12. The probable appointment of additional Parliamentary Under-Stcrotar-ies to Ministers was indicated to-dav by the Prime Minister in an interview. Parliamentary Under-Secretaries hs said, would ho given a definite status under the new legislation to be brought down in the second half ot tho session and additional appoint, ments were likely to he .made in olds* to relieve members of Cabinet of the present heavy pressure of work. “At the moment, there is only one Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Mr. :J. A. Lee, ALP.), who acts in this capacity to the Prime Minister. Daring the past few months, Air. Lea ],as been actively engaged on various special duties and enquiries and has had much more work to do than an ordinary private members. The now procedure would place him on a definite status with regard to his duties. Air Savage said that it was obvious that some Afinisterswe*e handling more work than was reasonable. It Under-Secretaries with a proper status were attached to these Ministers, they would be able to carry out more of their official duties.

Tn addition to lightening the routine work, the scheme would, Air. Savage added, provide valuable training for younger members of the Government party who, in future, might lie candidates for full Cabinet rank. Appointments would he made which would operate to the benefit of the Government and the country as a whole.