ATTACK ON PRESS

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 74, 14 April 1937, Page 5

ATTACK ON PRESS

Government Attitude PUBLIC SERVANT'S TI^ADE A statement that the Government had not yet given consideration to the question of the attack made on the Press through the "Friendly Road" radio station by Mr. C. G. Scrimgeour, director of commercial broadcasting, was maderin an interview at Dunedin by the Postmaster-General, the Hon F. Jones. The Minister, who la at present aeting Minister in charge of broadcasting in the absence of the Prime Minister, Mr. Savage, stated- that full inquiries would be made into the position. This statement was a reply to questions as to what extent, if any, the Government associated ittsolf with Mr. Scrimgeour's remarks, whether it approved' of the use of Government gtations for the purpose , of making sueh remarks, and whether it eonsideredd that a public servant had a right to launch an attack of that kind. . Mr. Jones said that as he had only recently taken temporary charge of the department he had not yet had an opportunity cf making a thorough ejcamination of the regulations governing commercial stations. The qpestion, he knew, had not yet been considered by the Government, but he gave an assurance that full inquiries would be made.