MODEL SHORT SPEECHES OF U.S. AMBASSADOR

Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5292, 3 January 1947, Page 3

MODEL SHORT SPEECHES OF U.S. AMBASSADOR

"I LIKE AKT; THIS IS IT" 'MELBODBXE Since his arrival in Australia Mr. Robert Butler, United States Ambassador, has established a reputation for very brief speeches. Mr. Butler opened a recent ari exhibition by saying: "I like art; this is it." At a reception given at the Town Hall to Mr. Butler and his wife Mr. Butler spoke for less than a minute. He said: "I am impressed by the significance of this occasion, and 1 ara sure you will all agree that there are many reasons for the existence of a firm and lusty friendship betvveen U.S.A. and Australia, based on mutual admiration and goodwill. Surely there is a basis for such a relationship in a world now at peace." Cr. Connelley, Lord Mayor, remarked: "You have just heard an object lession in speechmaking for all Australian speakers." Mr. Butler showed plenty of evi•dence of personality and drive when he gave his first Press interview in Melbourne. Mr. Butler, who was associated with wartime shipbuilding, said he had never had any strikes of men undcr his control. His recipe was: "Sit around a table with the men while it's still only a rumour. Strikes are like sores — they fester if not treated." Commenting on U.S. foreig'n ])olicy, Mr. Butler said Australia need have no fear about the recent Congressional election havmg any effect on present policy. The present situation had no parallel with that existing after the 1918 election, when a Republiean Congress thwarted the international prbgramnie of Presiclent Woodrow Wilson. Mr. Butler added that the United States believed that the only permanent way better living sandards could be achieved throughout the world was by increasing production. "People have to have enough good tools and resources to work with, and they have to know how to use them," he said. "Expansion of trade is the key to economic developnient." It is Mr. Butler's aim to be' the licst-informod Amcrican on Australia when he gets back to his own country and, according to Brigadier JB. B. Sebree, Military Attache, he is working- to a "tight schedule."