CARPING CRITICISM
DEPRECATED BY MR CURTIN MAXIMUM DEVOTION URGED (N.Z.P.A. Special Australian Correspondent) (Rec. 0.20 a.m.) SYDNEY, June 23. "To-day, more than ever, is demanded of every man everywhere in or out of the fighting line, the maximum devotion to his country," the Prime Minister, Mr J. Curtin, said today, when asked to comment upon the statement by Mr W. M. Hughes, that the public should not be "dossd with soothing syrup" in communiques and official news. Mr Curtin reminded his interviewers that only a week ago he had been outspoken on what he thought was the state of affairs. " I painted no sombre picture. I told the plain facts, but they had to be told broadly without much detail," Mr Curtin said. " I endeavoured to make it cl3ar that the situation was such that there could be no complacency or cheery optimism any where." Mr Curtin. specifically excluding Mr Hughes, condemned carping criticism and fault-finding. Complete subordination to work and industry on the part of every person who was not fighting was the vital need to-day. he said.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24950, 24 June 1942, Page 5
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