STILL KICKING.

Manawatu Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 14189, 25 April 1919, Page 4

STILL KICKING.

s The following letter lias been sent ! to the Joint Secretaries, Peace Celebra- | tions Committee, Palmerston North: I Dear Sirs, —Yours of the 20th March ! inviting our branch of the N.Z. Labour I Party to take part in the Peace Colc- ! brations was duly received and I haie I been instructed to reply to you that in I the opinion of our members, the proj gramme as submitted appears to be | more in the nature of a war celebration * than a peace one. Tho meeting of ! u Citizens” which was called to conI sicler the question originally, we note, S was called for tho hour of 5 p.m., a j time at which few, if any, of the workj ing class could attend, and they veie j consequently debarred from having a ! voice in deciding the nature of the eelej brations. Of all classes in the communj ity, the workers have probably the i greatest Interest in the celebration of ; peace, and we resent this method of ar- * ranging the form and deciding the nature of the rejoicings. We notice further, that in the accompanying programme, the labour organisations are al- ; kited a place at the tail end of the procession. Our only comment is that, had tho workers been in this position a through the war activities, the present celebrations would probably have been of a different order than that now proposed. Under the circumstances we respectfully decline to take o cia part in the functions. I Yours faithfully, ’ J. I JOHNSTONE, 1 Sec. P.N. Branch N.Z. Labour Party.