Public Statements by Public Men

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 125, 12 June 1937, Page 7

Public Statements by Public Men

E. S.

EEID.

Sir, — One would °reasonably assumo that publie utterances by public men could be readily accepted as being in t,he main fairly accurate. Yet wlxat do we find? Just take the period of the last seven days and study some publislied in yOur journal and in the Dominion. Mr F. B. Logan 7s terrible concern about able-bodied Maoris on sustenance is blown out by Mr Jessep in your tonight7e issue. Further, his statement about drunken men in the streets on Saturdays ,is open to serious question. Perhaps j don7t frequent similar haunts to him, as I am sure Hastings streets are xemarkably free from this class of menace. In the Dominion and Herald-Triibune we have Mr Goldberg7s (of Goldberg Advertising Co.) statement that Australians are quite satisfied with thoir respective Governments; yet I have a Sydney paper in my possossion of Tecent dato (you are quite welcome to it for republieation df you so desire, or just in case the Press Association forgot to advise you of it) containing a report of an uverwkelming defeat of the Conservativos in one of their strongholds in New South Wales by a Labour candidate. Following tlitis rout we have the report that Mr Lyons, the Federal Prime Minister, is returning from the Imperial Conference sooner than expected, and the reason given by him ia urgent State business. It makes one wonder if this is true, or is the real reason that he ds scurrying hoine to try to stave off what is coming to him in the Federal electiona at the end. of this year? Last, but not least, we have Councillor Graham McCorxxxick throwing out his chcst and saying he"understands" jxeople are getting timo ojffi work. to collect the dole. Well, Sir, df Councillor McCormick knows of even one definito case, it is his duty to report it to the correct quarter instead of besmlrching people 7s characters with generalities. One lxears lots of rumours that are "simply terrific," but the wise check up on them before even thdnking of reiteration. There is a good old saying most of us know, Sir: "Judge not lest ye yourself be judged.77 — ^Yours, etc.,

Hastings^ Jutie 11, 1937. fThe report of the recent Cwyddr byelection for the Aixstralian Federal Parliament was cabled by the Press Association and published in the Herald-Tribune together with some comlixent txpoa the result. A correspondent who sets out to reprovo others for making imverifxed statements should not, by suggestion, impugxl the integrifcy of our news serviees. — Ed'itor.)