STRAINED RELATIONS
DR EVATT AND MR CURTIN [U.P.A.-By Electric Telegraph-CopyrtghtJ SYDNEY, Bth December. Relations between the Federal Opposition Leader, Mr Curtin, and Dr Evatt, of the same party, are, according to the “Sunday Sun,” bceoming strained. Dr Evatt led the section of Labour members last week which aimed at securing further Budget concessions from the Government Mr Curtin, in the rourse of a statement yesterday, said the Opposition regretted it could not secure a larger measure of its policy. Nevertheless, he had kept firmly in mind the obligation to make Parliament workable. Dr Evatt, replying, said: “I agree it is the duty of the present Parliament to become a workable institution. This means that Parliament itself should exert the fullest control over th Government. It certainly does not mean that the present Government should be allowed to continue in office.”
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 9 December 1940, Page 5
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