Prime Minister Replies To Communists
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By Telegrapri— :
WELLINGTON, May 2. Thfe iiife of ' actioit wftxdh rixigixt be - taiiferi in ■ fhe So'vifet Uriio'ri aghinsft ri'htal ratirigs avH6: r'eftised tfufy is dis c'rissefi iri an excfiangfe of riifessagfes hfetWfefei tfxe ririfibixa-1 fexeferifivfe of thfe Nffew Zealrind CoiriAxiiiist Hrirty rin'dthfe PVirixe Minigfer (Mf. Frasfe'r J. Ftfl- ; Iowiri'g reports that ex-riava'I nxfen hrive bfeferi de'flifed G'overririxfent eriiploymfefit; , the national exeeutive of thfe Co'ferirrirtist Pafty tfelegraphed Mr. Fraser ; follows: — . - ; f'We profest- at fhe posifiori wRereby : naval rating's disclxp.rged.as a re'lulf of ; a srecent dispute nere Aave beeri 1 de§&H$«d 6'f dfefferred pdy and hay'e' bfeen , di&fefimiririted agairigf iri regar d to^ 6m- | plriyrfi'feixf by Griver'rimferit-. DfepSrt- ; rirfertfs. ' ' . , « . ! Mf. TrSser replifed: "Yimf' telfegraril | regarding mutinous naVrif . ratirigs rfe- | feeivfed-. Yoii arfe rilrviousiy riot con- ; feeious of tfie senous. afeticril of 'thfe mferi | cdficefrifed, wh6 Wefe" trferitfed most ; lefiifenfly. Fferfirips you ihight itidk-e ifiqitir'ifes fdf c'ofnphfx^on prirp'o'sfe'S into firiW" riieri g-uilfy 6f sfiriiiar afetitfri agaiiist the &fate would have" h'e'en trferitfed iri fhe Soffifet Uriio'ri." The Cofri.mu'riist Parfy repltcd:- "TFie rfetiPn of the Bellona meri at fhe wee'kferid shoVvTs. that diSC'ontfent in thfe New Zfe'riland Navy is dfeep-Se'atfed^ arid cannot be irifef by b'rirfeaucracy arid rfepre'Ssion. There is.no need for ufe to comprife ypur trferitm&nt of our riaval jrien With. that Which might be aecorded by the So'viet Governnxeftt in the purely hyp'P'thetical case suggested by you, iri any case; such compansons woxtld be idlfe, as bfass-hat bureaucracy irr the Htissian Navy waS eliminated by sailors and workers iu tlie 1917 Iievolution. We therefore recoirimend you to order th'e cessatiori of the prfesent victimisa tion of our, navy vfeterans. We also urge in vestigation into the nxen's demands foi the estabiishment of welfare committees; rectification of pay anoinalies; and reform of out of-dato adntinistrative'mnfliods and pin-pricking disc.iplinarianism. ' ' v
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Chronicle (Levin), 3 May 1947, Page 5
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303Prime Minister Replies To Communists Chronicle (Levin), 3 May 1947, Page 5
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