POSTAL EMPLOYEES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 21049, 7 December 1931, Page 10

POSTAL EMPLOYEES.

POLITICAL PROPAGANDA. PROPOSAL DEFEATED. Statements in circulation, particularly in the South Island, that the Post and Telegraph Employees' Association had carried by postal ballot a motion in favour of expending £IOOO upon political propaganda, and that the money had been used in support of Labour candidates, were denied by the general secretary of the association, Mr. J. H. McKenzie, in a statement made in Wellington last Friday. A circular was recently issued to members of the association, and this stated that in order to give them an opportunity of voicing their opinion they were invited to vote on tho following: "Are you iii favour of the association, without making any unconditional direct grant to tho funds of a political party, expending funds upon propaganda of a political nature in an endeavour to secure improved salary conditions,?" Mr. McKenzie stated that a fairly large majority voted in favour of the proposal, but that as the majority failed to reach the 75 per cent, required to carry a policy issue (after eliminating juniors from the ballot), it was defeated. There .was, therefore, no ground for conjecture as to how the money had been spent.