"DISTRESS BY CRUELTY"
Unrest and anxiety which he said was caused by the statement made by Mr. D. P. Howlett, National candidate for Wellington South, in likening the New Zealand Government to the Lang Socialist Government, which had "pinched" the people's money from the State Bank, was alluded to by Mr. R. McKeen, Labour candidate for the same seat, when speaking at an open-air meeting at Island Bay last night.
"I am still being approached by many people as the result of Mr. Howlett's statement," said Mr. McKeen, "among them elderly people to whom the statement has caused serious worry. A great deal of distress has been caused by a statement which amounts to cruelty. It is obvious that any person who would make such a statement shows that he has not a proper sense of public responsibilities, otherwise he would not inflict unnecessary suffering on innocent people by issuing such a canard."
Mr. McKeen was introduced to the gathering by Mr. R. Eddy, vice-presi-dent of the Federation of Labour, and president of the New Zealand Workers' Union, and at the conclusion of his speech, a vote of thanks and confidence was carried on the motion of Mr. J. Thomson.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 84, 6 October 1938, Page 11
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