A BROADCAST
BY MR MENZIES
APPEAL FOR CO-OPERATION.
(Australian Press Association).
SYDNEY, April 26
Australia’s new Prime Misister (Mr R. G. Menzies) introduced himself to the citizens of the Commonwealth tonight over the national radio network. In a short broadcast he made a fervent appeal for general co-operation in the development and defence of the nation. J ' ' 1
Present-day circumstances,. he said, demanded industrial, economic and social organisation in the fullest measure. Financial resources must be marshalled and taxpayers must be prepared to pay more. ,
The State Governments would be expected to make the necessary arrangements for air-raid precautions.
He insisted that there would be no profiteering by capitalists. The problem of defending the country was not one alone for its young men—it concerned everyone. The Government, he added, had resolved not only to defend Australia against foreign aggression, It would seek to raise the standards of life for the ordinary man and woman. Mr Menzies added that the Government intended to devote its energies jn the direction of f peace without, being solely dependent on British sea power. He declared that Australia’s, main responsibility was in the Pacific in conjunction with New Zealand.
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Hokitika Guardian, 27 April 1939, Page 5
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