OPPOSITION SPLIT

Grey River Argus, 29 April 1942, Page 5

OPPOSITION SPLIT

FEDERAL POLITICS. MR. MENZIES TRYING A “COMEBACK.” , . SYDNEY-, April 28. A campaign to restore Mr, Menaie.s to the'leadership bf the Federal Uni-ted-Australian Party, in place of Mri Hughes, is likely to come into the open during. the next session of Parliament, says the -»• ■ Canberra correspondent. t- i- . .Those opposed to Mr. Hughes and Mr. Fadden base-their case on the claim that the Opposition Parses have ; carried their ■ co-operation with . the Government too far, arid are ignoring' obvious opportunities to attack the Government's policy. Some political observers believe that if Mr. - Menzies were -to recapture *thp.. leadership of the Opposition, a- number of U.A.P. supporters would transfer to the crosssbenches, ' The - campaign, which has been in progress for soine weeks, has taken ■? the form of private conversations and canvassing of members. Were the campaign to succeed, its sponsors would, it is believed, test tlie possibilities of deposing the Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Fadden) and returning Mr. Menzies to tne leadership of the joint parties. Mr. Menzies has not been .openly associated With the campaign, but it is said that a canvass of the rank and file of members of the U.A.P. has been of such a nature that the sponsors must have had assurances Mr. Menzies would again be willing to assume the leadership of the U.A.P.