LEE LETTER

Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 June 1939, Page 6

LEE LETTER

MR S. G. HOLLAND QUESTIONS PREMIER. LABOUR PARTY LAUGHTER. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. The Lee, letter, which is expected to receive full attention from Opposition members this session, was mentioned in the House of Representatives- for the first time yesterday afternoon when it formed the subject oi S question from Mr S. G. Holland (Opposition, Christchurch North). A storm of derisive laughter from the Government benches greeted Mr Holland’s question. The author of the document sat smiling and swinging a key on the end of a string. Mr Holland gave notice of his intention to ask the Prime Minister: — 1. Whether the attention of the Government had been directed to a document that had been widely circulated throughout New Zealand by leading trades union officials and others, and which was now generally known as “The Lee Letter.” 2. Was it the intention of the Government to issue a reply to the attacks made in that letter on the Minister of Finance, and to the allegations against the Government of shillyshallying, vacillation, lack of policy, drift, and betrayal of the working class? 3. If such a statement were made over the broadcasting service, would the author of the letter- concerned be given the same right of reply?