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SHAPE OF POLITICS
TO COME
? LABOR, FEELS TIIE :
CHILL WINDi 1 :
(From a. Political Cpnpspo'ijdeht
iri- Canbeiw1.) ',. ? . j
??^hdeViiidre;; a,;ctilU' wliid. whlclt
h'as^jwtHjfagi.to xid with- the lby'
-:liabi-r .' Tobias' i.&; 'In
Pai-]i'^iiibnt Hdiisb'.' I ts'-so ur'ces ' ^ re'
;tliyv^ollUc©/iituStidri '
:Ka jilaV. 'ari^trid'ilabbr 1 defeat'. iii
ffiei-?N;S.W:'!State':i eiect^ktiVb'f !
KoEat-ah; ' v , [X 1
iemvwHldrihaS'ijeen'a^
i A® raliari', Vpolitids ? f or ' -( !v. rriMiy
bf a' FedferSl Goy
erriment can' i^uaiiy' be^preiiiS-:
t^|{ abfciiratyiy from signs a yfear
pr'Aord'bfeWrdaffeledtldri. Nb'orie 1
r^f^&ri&'aiiiitfU'tUtt'tij^f' vi/is
^y^dp'irtflitk' . ate jio'tterits; es
^dbiaily; aS Kogarah is iri' thb;
Fcsilferal eiecto'^Ut'e of Barton; ndW'
rSBrds^ted at ? Canberra by Dr.
Evatt. ' '?'
iiabbr prbjjagaiiaist's' ate des
pdrately enip'ioylrig the' ancient
an(i discredited pciliiic'al dfevlbe of
?ittemb'tiliDr' to distract niibiif- nt
tention from their oivri plight by
conducting' a' campaign' of riih
Hing dtiWii the'if' opporients: The
o'Bv'iotii' fact is that tlie two Op^
Oibsitibri Partife' Havd rib't ifier'ei'v
been encouraged arid streriBthen
ecl bv events, bat aire alsii working
'together . in the Inderal sphere
with impressive'. Miiriribily. :
Tills is taklfig pltite at- a time
wrierl trie Gov'einittietit is;. , re
aiisingf tha't its offer cif 'fr'e£
.niedicine' haS'; falife'n flat; and
; tiiat: ltS ' ofrerlo'ad^d ptib'lic ' service
itiay makfe* attraiitiv'e taxation
itfflts.' aiiffcfst'' liritipssibie.
Iri .tiife' fttce of these evidences
!'df Labor criiffibllng there haS
been the politically-amusing sug
gestion in certain' quarters that
LslBbr Is not really anxious' to
.wiii'tlie l&5t)f Federal eiectidri, and
wb'ilid . p'^efe'r' tiife .Opp'dlsitib'ri to
ikt/e' the expdfcted diificuitieW of .
the Iriiniediate! yeats to follow.
Eaftir1- rii'veloi'nierits , '' I
This'' again', is one of the oldest
'ana criiSi'st ruses;. It' is designed
to'pr}-vl-fe slti' exe'use;in advaripe.
and'it does ncit deceive anybody.
At' ttje sditii tiih'e ail these de
vMbpmerite' wlii ci'Wte 'more' than
Ordinary Interest in the' budfeet
seat^ rd^istributiori session to' be
^iiiiabbilV tHe ririiidle df Septerii
b^r! Thfe' bppbiitidn is likely to,
take' the Initiative'. ?
THdre haive beeri bther at
tempts, obviously inspired by'
Labo'^i ti' suggest that re'kllstrl
ButibW' m4y' so'' biiild' up the
CountrV Pa^ty at tiie' exjJenstf.of
tHe''Liijeraf Party- thil the Coun
try' Faity^ Will be^oma the pre-'
i dominant ' section^., of ' the Op- 1
l posiHonr--jr^bf the ti£xt Goverri-'
ment. : - ' '* ' ' ,.
1 1. Changed in coiihtry electorate's
: will be considerable Irf several
?States, aiid, m^t.liave ; a mpst
significant'/c'Jfec^'fnHthe 'eftctfinH.
Neverthei&s' suciS1' an 'eff^ct'as:
that
Labor see'rri'i1 Vm'iji6ssl tie'. %B8''iifc.
feet, however;s,'is 'lifiyiy^ ^' b'e'' a.
demonstraiioS' of ?tiie ' st'&njrth oi
the organi^*tio'H,fculit'itealdiiy ''By
the
lmportarif 'rural are&'iHriSwituit
the Comncjon^ealtJi:'L
This Lile^a^'^ampil^'K^Wen
undertaken on th1e''^6und!'1'tii!it
that party is in no way sectii'riai;
and' that it' can stand for and
represent all interests iri Aus
tralia, It has been1 a cariipalgn
that the political tipsters In
Canberra have so far failed -tc
assess. *'
But the Labor riW iWf
| derrating cither the work! of its
opponents or the significance of
the -trends of the political storm.j
; Its members are keenly aware (
of the currents of public opinion, j
and most of them are not;
ashamed to admit privately, tli.atj
they arc running for covci I
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