CIVIL RIGHTS
PUBLIC SERVANTS’ DEPUTATION
CAUCUS REFUSED BY PREMIER
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WELLINGTON, February 15
A definite refusal to repeal the section of the Finance Act dealing with -subversive conduct- on the .part of pul> lic servants, was given to a deputation from me Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants by Mr Forbes this morning. ,ur Forbes said the Government had under the Section taken only the oanie' right a,s that enjoyed by a pri-
vate employer. . A requeue was also made by the deputation for the according of full civil rights to public servants, along the lines of til-2 Bill introduced by the late Mr W. Mass-eiy in 1020. Mr Forbes expressed die view that it- would be impracticable to make sucJh a- prov U-ion. If public servants partiepa-ied actively in politics, a Minister might have to ilvi.l with -officers oppose)l to him politically, and it would b-e- impossible to work >n friendly • te-rms with men who might wish to turn a Government out.
“If you came out and belted me for all you are worth, do you think I vtuil-d take you back?” asked Mr Forbes. “Not on your life,” he added.
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Hokitika Guardian, 16 February 1933, Page 4
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194CIVIL RIGHTS Hokitika Guardian, 16 February 1933, Page 4
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