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(Received 15, 1.0 p.m.) LONDON, June 14. Tlie New Zealand Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. M. J. Savage made an outspoken statement to the Australian Associated Press on the New . Zealand Govemmemt's attitude towards any Anglo-American trade agreement. He declared. that New Zealand wouid not he party to any negotiations likely to increase unemployment in New Zealand Or adverseiy affect the lfccome of workers and ptoducers. Any discussioh aho'tit aiterihg the trefid of world trade was futile and did hot strike at the roots of the prohlem. The solution lay in increasing trade hy increasing the wages and therefore the purchasiiig power of the workers. This would have to he taken iiito congidetation £n any negotiatiotis With Aiherica. The New Zealand Government tuai aihed loyal to the policy bf ImpCnal oreferences and it had hot inuch faith ih achieving prosperity by means of iuggling tariffs, said Mt Savage.
Kevertheless, New Zealand wOuld wel:ome an agreement between the British Empire and Ameriea based on the ideals t'or whieli Ameriea and New Zealand slood. Mr Savage added; Pre&ident Roose* veltj like my Government) aims at cursing wages and realises that the only advantages from increasing the eficiency of machines lies in giving the workers more leisure. He has already sueceeded to a eonsiderable extent and ean be forgiven f or any f ailures for the suke of his aims and what he has nlready aecomplished. "I personally admire President Eoosevelt as niuch as 1 det&st men who wait for something to turn up. There is the greatest sympathy in New Zealand for the American experiment because of the common ideals on whieli it is based. "If other countries followed similar objectives. they would go far to solve tlie world 's problems. Therein lios the solid foundation of any agreement between Ameriea and the Empire. Meanwliile the New Zealand Government will wait nntil detailed proposals are submitted. ' '
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 127, 15 June 1937, Page 5
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