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FREEZE COMMUNIST
PARTI FONDS
NEW LEGISLATIÔK
TO COME BEFORE HOUSE
THIS WEEK.
CANBERRA, Apr. 23.-The
Menzies-Fadden Government will
freeze fonds of .the Australian
Communist Party urMer. the anti
Red législation which the Prime
Minister (Mr. R." G. Menzies) will
introduce in the House of Repre-
sentatives next Thursday night
The legislation will prevent the
Communist Party being able . to
operate effectively underground,
and also' stop the disbursement of
money for the resurgence of the
party or a section of it under an-
other guise. The Government will
appropriate all known Communist
Party property and ban newspaper
and - radio activities and . pam-
phleteering. It will not immedi-
ately dispose of this property but
at a later date will determine its
policy as to* its disposal.
The legislation will ban the
party and prevent Communists
from holding: union office and' ac-
cepting .Government employment)
This prohibition will also apply to
persons who have been members
of the party within 12 -nonths of
the passage of the legislation.
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