QUESTIONNAIRE CAUSES CONSTERNATION
licecivcd Tliursdav, 10. lo p.m. CAXBKRKA, July l.s. Thc. Minister of J n fonnat ion, Alr. Calwcll, tohi thc llousc of Represeutativcs that hc was. "ama/.ed and coiifoundcd" whcu informed of a ipics- | tionnaire that had hccn circnlalcu | among leading \'i'*l oria n schnols hy his j dcpa rt mcnt . Mr. Tnrnhnll, t'onnlry Party, wno hronght thc matlcr up, said that tlic qnest ion nai rc containcd ipicstions to nc ansucrcd hy school children. Thcsc in- i eludcd llircc hcaring on Ausiralia's rc- j lation to thc Britisli Kmpirc and lltc I'nitcd Slatcs, and a foiirtli asking uhclhcr ihe pupils "had stcady giri f ricnds. ' ' Mr. Calwcll said thal whcn Ihe niatlcr uas ti rs t hrouglil. to lus noticc, Iic could not bclievc thal such a docunicnt had hccn jircparcd hy an olliccr of his dcpartnicnt. !l was drawn up hy a incnihcr of Ihe stalf, hui circulatcM uilliout rcfcrciicc lo thc Dircctor (lcn cral. (tn diseovcry thc 1 )i rccl or ( lcn cral i nniied ia I cly scnl tclcgraius lo an hcadinast crs conccrncd lelling tlicni to disrcganl thc (picslioniiai rc. M r. Cal ucil said it uas not l'or oflicers of Ihe' dcpartnicnt to c-ast douht on the mcnihcrship of Auslralia in thc Britisli Cone nionucalth of Xations. Thc question ahoul "stcady girl f ricnds" could hc put down lo llic youth of ihe oflicci conccrncd.
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Chronicle (Levin), 19 July 1946, Page 5
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