"ANOTHER YOIZUKI STUNT"
MR. CALWELL'S CLAIM Received Priday, 7.40 p.m. CANBHKKA, iViarch 22. "These ietters tell a piteous story, said the Country Party Leader (Mr. 1 FadcLen) in the House of Representa ; tives, brandishing a bundle of 1064 ; ietters appealing for one Queensland home. Labour memhers jeered when he 1 asked to. have the Ietters infiorporated in Hansard. ' ' These Ietters tell the story of hus bands separated from their wives and : children, of ex-servicemen tramping the streets, of whole families living in singie rooms and on side verandahs and of unfortunate families facing ejcctment with no alternative snelter, ' said Mr. Padden. The Minister of Information, Mr. Calwell, interjecting, said: "This is another Yoizuki stunt. You wrote them to yourself." In an uproar from the Government > benches, Mr. Fadden claimed that the documents proved that machmery ■ capable of producing 6,000,000 square ; feet of plywood yearly had been nelo in Sydney in its original cases since 1941, due solely to bungling by the Government. The Housing Minister, Mr. Lazzarim said the machinery referred to was supplied by Lend-Lease and was owneo by the Americans. More than 24,000 homes would he provided by tne end of June.
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Chronicle (Levin), 23 March 1946, Page 5
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