ALLEGED SABOTAGE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 November 1939, Page 4

ALLEGED SABOTAGE

OF GOVERNMENT’S WAR EFFORT PREMIER TO GIVE WEEKLY BROADCASTS. SOME SWEEPING CHANGES. Announcing in an interview with the official organ of the Labour Party that he intends to give broadcast talks for a quarter of an hour every Sunday evening the Prime Minister (Mr Savage) said: —"There is a definite move today to sabotage the Government's war efforts in every way and it is my job as the head of the Government to see that those people do not get away with it.” "There is a long story to be told, and I intend to tell it direct to the people, a piece at a time, over the air,” Mr Savage added. “There is no other way by which I can reach the people. I cannot rely upon the daily newspapers, because we have never had a fair run from them. “Our opponents get selected positions in the newspapers and also the big headings, but our replies are published without big headings and without being given the same prominent positions. And when we draw attention to the matter the editor gets out the foot rule and tells us about the amount of space that has been given to statements by members of the Government.” In further observations, Mr Savage said there seemed to be an unholy alliance between the importers and a section of the farmers. "I want to make it clear,” he said, “that farmers cannot have guaranteed prices without there being control of imports, we cannot hold wages without controlling imports, and wc cannot keep up pensions without controlling imports.”