MINISTER DECLINES COMMUNIST'S CHALLENGE
WELLINGTON, Nov. 30. The Minister of Rehabilitation (Hon. C. F. Skinuer) has» deeliued the chailenge of Mr. A. Galbraith, of Ihe New Zealand Communist Party, to a public de'nate in Westport and Greymouth. Thc Minister states he is decliniug the elmllenge, whicli was not unexpected, not because of any apprehension about the outcome but because there were many more effective ways of aiding P>ritain to whieh he wislted to apply lumself. Tlie Minister adds tliat he made no slighting remarks about Indian and Chinese students who were members of tlie Communist party in the United Kingdom, and anvone knowing him a little better than Y(r. Galbraith appeared to do would not arcuse liim of racial liias. rI'he dilTerence betweim Denioeratic Sociabsts and Communist.s •was that the socialists of the Labour Party believed ni achieving their dlijecti ves through political education and a free secret vote of the people vliiJe the ('oitiniiinisfes-vwprild . tolerale ii.o ' opposil ion oth^rwtse. Mr. Skiinuu' eoiir'IlMecl iHltf tlic(re ■was not, and could not be, ;uiy p,t3inity between Ltibour and Communisnu. They sitnply could not mix, _ ;
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Chronicle (Levin), 1 December 1947, Page 7
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