Outlined By Mr. Holland

Chronicle (Levin), 1 December 1949, Page 5

Outlined By Mr. Holland

! ... "oii^rGTOROi, l, ■ , '•■We- wilT take things- e-almly and co.oliy. We- are net g-oing i td be rushed; into anything,"' said the Prime Minister-electj' Mr.. tS/ G. Holtodj talking -this morni-ng of ihe • Dominion^ lutur^ i under- Natio.nal: Party Government. *' ; ; Mr. Holland, wha has obvio.usly ta.keR his SRCcess *ht the. ippll; quietly and with complete comp,osu,re,, said that he wpu.ld rentain in Christchurch uiitii ' Saturday unleiss urgent'develQpments required his presence in- W ellingtoif sooner than that.

"The first thflig we must> do is. ' to get * the Gqvernment esta;hlish,ed,"""he said." " "Then we must es-. ; tablish, the clqsest Qohtact between the "pew Mhiisters ahd heads oi depa.rtments.. We wili take a very early opportunity of caliing the •departmental administ'rators tpgether to let" them know what we- . have in min.d. We are responsible, . for the poiiey and they are re- ; sponsibie for carrying out that ' p.olicy." ' x Mr. Holland recalled how impressed he had been in 1935, 'when . Labour took ' over "government, ' tliat there was no disturbance and departmental heads ensured that everythdng went smoqthly. "I have every confldence in the , loyalty and purity of our civil service," said Mr. Holland, "and I am sure that after the settling in proeess all will -continue to go ; smoothly." No" Revolutionary Changes. "The new Government will not : attempt to make revolutionary chaiiges. The people have approved of our policy and left it : to ' us to p,ut it into effect. No business man thinl^ng over new business would dream of rushing in and makirig changes without a thorough stocktaking and a full knowledge of the details of every department. I think the same considerations apply to taking over government." On the question of international affairs, Mr. Holland said he had always believed that they should transcend all questions of party politics. 'He proposed to put that belief into" practiee and New Zealand's policy on international affairs would continue unchanged. "Mr. Fraser was good enough to take me into his confldence on international affairs and I will 'be happy to do the same. In view of the overwhelming importanee of world affairs I am sure that Mr. Fraser will be prepared to, contribute from his vast experience and wide knowledge of the development of New Zealand's international poiiey. { "I am convinced that the great- | est contrib-ution New Zealand can make to world peace is to help to

restore. the influence and. strength of the. British Empire, , and ourwhole effprts. must be qirected tq that end. "Nothing To-Feaf." ** '■Duripg t|\e erecti^m''canygaigA a 'certain. amouht *bf"",feaf psy--ehology was emplpyed arid afterr "the sippke pf ibattle' " had ibiowri awdy some .ReopTe bd af r aid, " and this' could ' haye *"seri4 ous repercussions. " No:body has. anything "to fear. They have oniy something to gain ' from the change," said Mr. "Holland". "-There will be adjustments. TTaat alway% happens after- an electipn^ wTietherthere' is a change df Government or not. • We do. not taka offlce iq. cause uneasiness in the* minds of any section of the people. Our desire is to work harmoniouslywith all the people. The whole: of our administratipn wiil b,e. designed to remove barriers ' and misuriderstandings." One of the planks. in the National Party1 's policy was the promotion of industrial harmony* said Mr. Holland. He felt sure that yesterday's vote was an expression of opinion that every effort should be bent towards removing mis-. understandings and the catises of dissension.