OTHER PEOPLE’S IDEAS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 September 1943, Page 4

OTHER PEOPLE’S IDEAS

AN ELECTION PLEDGE (To the Editor.) Sir,—ln reply to Mr Heckler's flowing account on the subject of Mr Robertson’s pledge to withdraw from this election if certain figures quoted by Mr Heckler were anything near correct, we would like to point out that, although not so highly educated as MiHeckler and his offsider, Mr Horne, we are not such dumb clucks as not to know that, as we stated in our letter dated September 14, Mr Robertson was misrepresented. His withdrawal from the election was over a different matter altogether. We had no need to quote figures on behalf of the chairman .of the Public Accounts Committee, or even to give detailed facts. Mr Robertson had already said he would deal with the whole matter in his address in the State Theatre on Monday night next. We, signing our names'to the letter published on September 14, did so, not through the influence of the local union representative (who was stated to have been feverishly organising a rescue party when we well knew none was needed), but we, as fairthinking individuals, do like to see fair play. On the other hand, Mr Heckler himself made a bold bid to gathei’ together a rescue party on his own and Mr Horne’s behalf —even to getting in early and interviewing and requesting two of our signatures to his letter at shortly after 6 o’clock one morning. We might ad'd that although the hour was early, these two had been up much too early for Mr Heckler to catch them napping, as he no doubt did the “poor signatory who didn’t relish his role” and perhaps others'. It is just a little too obvious Mr Heckler dragging his two sons in to his rescue to try to even things up. If the local union representative was trying to be the Good Samaritan, as Mr Heckler implies, we notice he didn’t round his son up. or a few others who were present at the Alfredton meeting and who, we note with interest, are not in Mr Heckler’s rescue party. We feel that further reference to the election, pledge- is not worthy of publicity. The matter can be and will be ably dealt with by Mr Robertson. — We are, etc., “THE SUPPOSED RESCUE PARTY.” The above letter has been slightly condensed. —Ed. (To the Editor.) Sir, —I have made a close examination of the explanation (what there is of it) of the chairman of the Public Accounts Committee and apologists, and of the evidence (or lack of it) in support. I consider the story would be well received in the proper quarters. But waste it not upon the electors of Masterton. Tell it rather to the “Marines.” —I am, etc., RESCUE PARTY NO. 2.