DROPPING PARTY POLITICS.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 September 1939, Page 4

DROPPING PARTY POLITICS.

a Uine when New Zealand has offered Britain the fullest assurances of all possible support in the stand she has taken for democracy, justice and freedom, the right thing evidently has been done by our political parties in and out of office in their reported decision to sink their differences in the interests of united national action. Precisely in what manner this country will be called upon to play its part in the struggle against aggression has yet. to appear,'but there is every likelihood that heavy demands of one kind and another will have to be met and the need for undivided national effort is already emphasised clearly. The Acting-Prime Minister .(Mr. Fraser) has said:— We address ourselves with sad hearts, but with firm determination to the immediate task in hand—the task of rallying all the forces and resources of our land so that we can stand side by side with the;United Kingdom and the other nations of the British Commonwealth in their struggle for international righteousness. On his part the Beader of the Opposition (Mr. Hamilton) has stated that any action that the New Zealand Government takes to support 1 the Motherland has the wholehearted support ol every member of the National Party. No one can doubt that the co-operation thus assured will contribute in every way to an effective handling of the serious problems by which the Dominion is confronted. The conditions of united effort which are demanded imperatively in order Unit the. Dominion may meet its war responsibilities will at the same time favour a concentrated attack on economic and financial problems which already demanded serious attention. The community may be depended upon to respond to courageous and united leadership.