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RAAF SQUADRON
ADOPTION FUND
Mr. Richards On
Minister's Reply
Referring yesterday to the state- <*>
ment made by the Chief Secretary
(Mr. McEwin) defending the re- <*>
jection of the application for em-
ployes at an Islington annexe to
establish a fund to -'adopt" RAAF
Beaufort squadrons to provide
them with comforts, the Leader of
the Opposition (Mr. Richards) said
that he regretted the attitude
adopted by the Minister. He
added:—-I notelliat me Minister!
still persists in placing the respon-1
sibility on the Charitable Purposes i
Advisory Committee. However, the,
; fact remains that the committee,!
as its name suggests, sets in an?
' advisory capacity, and the actual'
I decision rests with the Minister.'' j
! Mr. Richards said that the Beau
ifort squadrons adoption com-!
mittee at Islington had already'
pointed out that the comforts:
which the employes sought to pro-i
| vide were not being made available
I either by the Comforts Fund or the
|Red Cross. He had been amazed
I therefore to read the final state
ment by the Minister suggesting
ithat the Islington committee j
should be asked to direct its efforts |
to help all servicemen through the I
medium of the Comforts Fund.
"I know of no group in South
Australia which has done more to
assist patriotic funds, and hospital
services also, than the body con
cerned in this application." he
added.
j Mr. Richards said that he felt'
! that the advisory committee had!
: adopted a wrong attitude, end ap
parently its decision had been
based on false premises. After all.
It should decide what was a desir-'
able organisation, and if it con
sidered that an organisation was
I not desirable, then it should state j
I why it was undesirable.
I Certainly it was not the function
;of the advisory committee to force
; patriotic organisations into liqui
j dation for the purpose of co-opting
; them into other organisations. The
I men at Islington needed no
coercion. He ventured to say that
they had done as much, and per
haps more, than any member of
the advisory committee to assist
servicemen and women.
He concluded: —"I trust even at
this late stage that the Minister
will decide to grant the application.
In the meantime. I await with in
terest receipt of his communication
to me in reply to my request."
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