Lee Says Result Founded On Fear

Northern Advocate, 27 September 1943, Page 4

Lee Says Result Founded On Fear

(Special) AUCKLAND, This Day. “This is not the first time I have tasted defeat,” said Mr.., J. A. Lee, leader of the Democratic Labour Party, in commenting on the result of the poll yesterday. “Once before I heard the hoots of the crchvd on election night, and lived to hear the same people cheer the person they had hooted within three months. People who fall for principles and policies have a habit of rising again. “If I had fallen alone, I should havo been inclined to devote my whole time to writing, for I can express by radicalism with the pen in the form of novel or article, but I rallied a good team of splendid people for a cause in which we believed. “We have a hard core of support from people willing to take the risks of fighting for their faiths rather than aliowing fear to determine their vote. I think that when the people voted for the Labour manpower policy, they thought they voted for prosperity, whereas in truth they voted for a steep depression in the near future. “The Mr. Fraser who was kndwn to be in favour of a coalition some time ago terrified the electors with the suggestion that we were collaborating with the Nationalists. We shall come again, and soon, for Mr. Fraser's victory was won on fear, and not on faith or veneration for a leader. We feel sure our policy will be more appreciated in the days ahead."