TRIBUTES TO MR. NASH

Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 194, 15 May 1944, Page 4

TRIBUTES TO MR. NASH

U.S. Political Leaders (Received May 14, 8 p.m.) NEW YORK, May 14. Tributes from American political leaders were read at a luncheon in honour of Mr. Nash, who is returning in June to assume the deputy Prime Ministership of New Zealand. The Mayor of New York, Mr. La Guardia, complimented Mr. Nash on his share in establishing a united Labour Party in New Zealand, and hoped a similar condition might prevail in the United States. Mr. Nash said the principles embodied in the f our freedoms and the 1.L.0. conference must be applied clearly, not only inside each country but also, internationally. “That is so because, the peace we are aiming to build and the freedom we are striving to secure are not peace or freedom for any one country or any one pepole, but peace in which app participate and freedom in which everybody has an equal share,” he said. Tributes to Mr. Nash came from the vice-president, Miss Frances Perkins, Mr. William Ickes, the president of the A.F. of L., Mr. William Green, the president of the 0.1.0., Mr. Philip Murray. Senator Wagner, Representative Voorhis, and Judge Arnold, of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals.