ASKING FOR MOON
TRADES HALL OFFICIALS
MINISTER'S FRANK COMMENT
"When I first became Minister, the Trades Hall officials thought that they on!v had to ask for the moon and they would get it.'' said the Hon. H. T. Armstrong, Minister of Labour, when speaking at a farewell gathering tendered to him by the East Christchurch branch of the Labour Party. Outlining the difficulties which always confronted a Minister of Labour, Mr. Armstrong said that at first he had seemed to clash with everybody. With the trade union officials "the sky was the limit." However, New Zealand now had a lot to be thankful for —if the Government had not been able to satisfy everybody, it had fulfilled every promise it was possible to fulfil in one year.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22685, 24 March 1937, Page 14
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