A GREAT LEADER
NEW AUSTRALIAN PREMIER PRESS COMMENT IN LONDON AVOIDING GENERAL ELECT BON (United Pre6s Assn, —Elec. Tel. CopyrightLONDON, April 18 The Times, in a le-ader, points out that Mr R. J. Menzies will not easily secure the support of Sir Earle Fuse, which is necessary in order to avoid a genera] election, the chief difficulty being the national insurance scheme. Mr Menzies perhaps lacks some of the qualities which made the late Mr 'J. H. Lyons an ideal coalition leader, » deluding a gift for compromise and a ; capacity to divine his fellow-country- • men s thoughts and feelings, hut Mr Menzies’ force of character, great intellectual powers, and wide knowledge ;of men and affairs inside and outside <the Commonwealth justify the hope that he will prove an admirable Prime Minister in a difficult time. Mr Bruce was not nominated, which was just as well, because it would be hard to find an equally satisfactory High Commissioner.
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Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20784, 20 April 1939, Page 4
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157A GREAT LEADER Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20784, 20 April 1939, Page 4
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