WARM SUPPORT

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23160, 5 October 1938, Page 17

WARM SUPPORT

MR. AT EPSOM RESTORING LOST FREEDOM LARGE, ENTHUSIASTIC AUDIENCE ONLY FEW INTERJECTIONS Coping effectively with the sallies of a few interjectors and applauded continually by the bulk of an audience of over 900 people, Mr. D. Pool, National Party candidate for Eden, received an enthusiastic reception and a sympathetic hearing at a meeting in the Regent Theatre, Epsom, last night. Sporadic attempts at good-humoured interruption ? were in most cases drowned by bursts of applause, and, speaking for an hour and threequarters, the candidate gave a comprehensive outline of the National policy. Mr. A. St. Clair Brown presided. •> ' •

The arrival of Mr. and J Mrs. Pool was' the signal for a "prolonged burst of applause, and, as they mounted the platform, a call for "three cheers for,, the new member" was answered enthusiastically. ,In reply, ; a similar compliment to Mr. Savage was sought by another member of the audience, but the response included a pronounced under-current of booing. Ministers' Dictatorial Powers '

Mr. Pool referred to the dictatorial powers granted to Cabinet Ministers under recent Labour legislation and expressed the view that they were directly opposed ■ to conceptions .of British freedom. He referred to actiou which had been taken under the Transport Licensing Amendment Act, stating that, after a road service had been founded and developed by private enterprise, it was taken oyer by tho State at the price the latter- nominated. The National Party contended that there should be the right of reference to an independent tribunal in such cases. ' * •

"The National Party aims to give the farmer, a fair go and to get tha women and children out of the cowsheds," Mr. Pool declared, when referring to the National Party's plans for primary producers. "We will put him in the position of being able to employ labour —something that he can-not-do to-day in competition with the wages paid .on uneconomic public works." ' Social Security Scheme r After deploring. the introduction of political factors into broadcasting, Mr. Pool was asked what he would do with Mr. Scrimgeour. In * reply he Baid: "My friend knows exactly what ■we will do with Mr. Scrimgeour." Continuing, he said the Social Security Act would not become an actuality, when a National Government was.returned on October 15. ' ,

Voice:, You won't get in, so you can't. •

Mr. Pool-.! My friend, the audience has already decided that we will. (Applause.) The Social Security Act will be wiped out after the 15th. Voice: And so vrill Mr. Pool. Mr. Pool: Yes. But only wiped out of Auckland to go to Wellington. _ Several questions were answered by the candidate, who was warmly applauded at the conclusion of his address. A motion expressing thanks and unbounded confidence in Mr. Pool as member for Eden was carried by a very large majority.

GATHERING AT WAIKOWHAI. SUPPORT FOR MR. A. S. BAILEY One of the largest political meetings to be held in that section of the electorate for some years was addressed in the Waikowhai Hall last night by Mr. A. S Bailey, National candidate for Roskill. Mr. I. Nehoff presided over more than 100 people. Mr. Bailey's address dealt with subjects covered by him at previous meetings. At. the conclusion a vote of thanks to the speaker and best wishes for a successful cam?aign were carried by acclamation, here were s only three or four dissentients.