SECRET FUND
FEDERAL PRIME MINISTER CHANGES HIS MIND ROYAL COMMISSION TO BE SET UP. INSISTENT DEMAND BY MINERS’ LEADERS. (Bv Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) CANBERRA, September 25. After declaring this afternoon that a Royal Commission would not be granted to inquire into the “secret fund,” Mr Fadden an hour later changed his mind and announced that a Royal Commission would be set up. Mr Fadden was faced with an insistent demand by the miners’ leaders for a full inquiry into yesterday’s allegations. They threatened a complete hold-up of the coal industry in the event of a refusal. Mr Curtin backed up their request and angry clashes occurred in Parliament. The Attorney-General, Mr W. M. Hughes, strenuously denied that there had been any misuse of public funds. Mr Curtin had endeavoured, Mr Hughes said, to make a personal attack on him through charges against the Australian Democratic Front. Mr Hughes then explained and defended the secret fund, and declared that no Government in the world could afford to rely on ordinary methods in dealing with subversive tactics.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 September 1941, Page 5
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175SECRET FUND Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 September 1941, Page 5
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