INCONSISTENT

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 618, 24 August 1933, Page 6

INCONSISTENT

MR. FORBES' ENDORSEMENT OF THE ROOSEYELT PLAN ! INTERNAL ACTION i (( Christchurch, Wednesday j The star item in the cable news to-day is a message from Boston to I the effect that President Roosevelt's i recovery plan has the blessing of the j Prime Minister of New Zealand, the ' Rt. Hon. G. W. Forbes," said the ' Mayor of Christchurch (Mr D G ' Sullivan, M.P.). "The message would seem to in • ! dicate that Mr. Forbes has shown a \ complete reversal of form, inasmuc .1 | as the Roosevelt recovery plan is based OI! 1 nt PVH 1 1 o r* 4- 1 r\ >1 n vi J I

«.iru. IIILILI,. es the arbitrary raising of wagc ; shortening of hours, and fixixig : ! prices, whereas in all of Mr. Forbrs previous statements, made in ti ; country, he has reiterated with d mai persistency that New Zeala : i could d0 nothing for itself, but mr. ; wait upon world recovery, or recovc. j in the British markets at least. "I sincerely hope that the messrga means what it appears to mean; r. j that Mr. Forbes is in a mood of r -- pentance for the disasters he has brought upon h:s own country in p : suing such a drastic deflatiom r / policy of reducing wages and sal ries, stopping works, and sacking men wholesale. "I am wondering what Mr. Forbc J colleague in the leadership of the Government, Mr. Coates, will have to say about it, and it will also be extremely interesting to see what Mr. Forbes will say when he comej back to New Zealand, and whether he will stick to his guns and fight for a New Zealand recovery plan, on thc same lines as Mr. Roosvelt's".