PARTY MATTERS.

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20230, 25 June 1937, Page 9

PARTY MATTERS.

(To the Editor.) Sir,—lf “National” had perused my previous correspondence lie would have found no evidence to show that 1 was advocating an independent candidate. Goodness knows w e have sufficient ‘‘political gentlemen” dashing about the country abusing each other. The poor elector is busy enough now. sorting out the “bunkum” from the sane material in the policies of two parties. Add to this sundry prophets giving out hazy hints of disaster and eras of prosperity, with glorious freedom, and the resultant “pie” becomes a very sticky mixture. One further comment is all that, is needed in answer to “National's” statements, in previous letters “Not Shy” stated that the. National Parly was definitely against releasing information as to their policy. I was

aooused of being a “little too astute” for inquiring of them their policy proposals. I therefore assume that the policy has been kept very much a “National” states that the extra Labour voters (some 2600, I think; was the number) and the Democrats of last election had all flocked to the banner of the Nationals. (By the way, I voted Labour for the first time at the last poll in Hamilton, so that the above figures should read 2599.) Now if the National policy is not known to the electors, and if “National’s” statement is correct, then I am afraid my estimate of the standard of intelligence in the electorate has had a nasty jolt. The mentality of some five or stx thousand people In Hamilton must be decidedly weak if support is given to an unknown policy. Hoping that my estimates of human intelligence are not too far astray.— 1 am, etc., ONCE BITTEN. Hamilton East, June 23.