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<date>1950-04-27</date>
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<chamber>SENATE</chamber>
<page.no>1921</page.no>
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<para class="block">Senate. </para>
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<day.start>1950-04-27</day.start>
<para>The President <inline font-weight="bold">(Senator the Hon. ' Gordon Brown)</inline> took the chair at 3 p.m., and read prayers. </para>
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<title>ADDRESS-IN-REPLY</title>
<page.no>1921</page.no>
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<para class="block">Acknowledgment bt His Majesty The King. </para>
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<page.no>1921</page.no>
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<name role="metadata">PRESIDENT, The</name>
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<para>- I have received from His Excellency the GovernorGeneral the following communication in connexion with the Address-in-Reply : - </para>
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<inline font-weight="bold">Mr. President,</inline>
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<para>I desire to acquaint you that the AddressinReply at the opening of the Nineteenth Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia has been laid before His Majesty The King, and I am commanded to convey to you and <inline font-style="italic">to</inline> honorable senators His Majesty's sincere thanks for the loyal message which your address contained. (Signed) W. J. McKell,. </para>
<para>Governor-General. </para>
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<title>QUESTION</title>
<page.no>1922</page.no>
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<title>ADULT SUFFRAGE IN. GREAT BRITAIN</title>
<page.no>1922</page.no>
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<page.no>1922</page.no>
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<name role="metadata">LAMP, Charles</name>
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<para>- I direct a question to the Minister representing the Minister for the Interior. Is the Government aware that the Right Honorable Winston Churchill's Government of England, in February, 1945, extended the principle of adult suffrage to all electors over 21 years in Great Britain ? Will the Government cake similar action in Australia to force the States to implement true democracy of one person one vote one value! </para>
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<page.no>1922</page.no>
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<name role="metadata">MCLEAY, George</name>
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<para>- The answer is "No". </para>
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<title>QUESTION</title>
<page.no>1922</page.no>
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<title>JAPANESE PEACE TREATY</title>
<page.no>1922</page.no>
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<page.no>1922</page.no>
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<name role="metadata">MURRAY, Reginald</name>
<name role="display">Senator MURRAY</name>
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<para>- Is the Minister representing the Prime Minister aware that discussions are about to take place in London between the Commonwealth High Commissioners and the "Big Three " foreign Ministers . on the draft proposals for an early Japanese peace treaty? In view of this, and ' the fact that Japan, with large-scale American aid, has now moved' from eighth to fourth position in world shipping construction, will the Government make every effort to have whale Factory ships, whale chasers and tankers built in Japan for Australia as .part of war reparations? </para>
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<talker>
<page.no>1922</page.no>
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<electorate>QUEENSLAND</electorate>
<party>LP</party>
<role>Minister for Trade and Customs</role>
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<name role="metadata">O'SULLIVAN, Neil</name>
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<para>- I am not aware of the circumstances to which the honorable senator has referred, - but I shall look into them and take them up with the appropriate Minister. </para>
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<title>QUESTION</title>
<page.no>1922</page.no>
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<title>MOTOR VEHICLES</title>
<page.no>1922</page.no>
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<page.no>1922</page.no>
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<name role="metadata">AMOUR, Stanley</name>
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<para>- I ask the Minister representing the Minister for Supply if he has seen a statement appearing in the Sydney <inline font-style="italic">Daily Telegraph</inline> of the 19th April, 1950, referring to the appointment of a committee to investigate departmental road transport under the Minister for Supply. The press statement quoted' the Minister as saying - </para>
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<para>The Government also wanted to learn whether the fleet was managed economically as one aspect of the general investigation into government administration. The investigating committee comprised Messrs. L. Schumer, general manager ' and director o! Yellow Express Limited, Melbourne (chairman), F. Moat, of Mason and Moat, cartage contractors, Sydney, and W. J. Dyer, general manager of City Motor Service Limited, Melbourne. </para>
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<page.no>1922</page.no>
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<name role="metadata">BROWN, Gordon</name>
<name role="display">The PRESIDENT (Senator the Hon Gordon Brown</name>
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<para>- Order 1 What is the honorable senator's question? </para>
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<page.no>1922</page.no>
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<para>- I should like to know whether the Minister has read the newspaper report. If so, is it true that a committee, consisting of the gentlemen whose names I have mentioned, has been appointed to inquire into the cost of the Government's road transport fleet? As the committee is representative of private carrying companies, does the Government expect a fair and unbiased report to be made? Has there been any indication of undue competition between the Government fleet and motor cars operated by private companies? As -the Government pool is limited to carrying Commonwealth property except when requested by private carriers to undertake other jobs that they themselves are unable to perform, where does the Government believe the interests of private enterprise lie? Is it the Government's intention to allocate its' work to private enterprise should .the report of the committee be adverse to the Government's own fleet, and if so, will the companies represented on the committee be permitted to compete for Government work? </para>
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<talker>
<page.no>1922</page.no>
<time.stamp />
<name.id>JQP</name.id>
<electorate>QUEENSLAND</electorate>
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<role>Minister for Repatriation</role>
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<name role="metadata">COOPER, Walter</name>
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<para>- I saw the statement to which the honorable senator has referred, but I am not in a position to say whether the gentlemen whose names the honorable senator has mentioned, are members of .the committee. No doubt, the Minister for Supply will publish the names of members of the committee at the -appropriate time. I shall endeavour to provide the honorable senator with a copy of the report of the committee when it is available. Whether or not private companies will be- permitted to compete for Government work is a matter of Government policy, but I shall bring the honorable senator's question to the notice of the Minister for Supply, and obtain an answer as soon as possible. </para>
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<debate>
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<title>QUESTION</title>
<page.no>1922</page.no>
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<subdebate.1>
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<title>COAL</title>
<page.no>1922</page.no>
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<speech>
<talk.start>
<talker>
<page.no>1922</page.no>
<time.stamp />
<name.id>K2A</name.id>
<electorate>VICTORIA</electorate>
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<name role="metadata">RANKIN, George</name>
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<para>- Has the attention of the Minister for Fuel, Shipping and Transport been drawn to a statement by a Queensland Minister that ample supplies of Queensland coal are available for Victoria and South Australia ? I think that the figure mentioned was 100,000 tons. Are there any substantial quantities of coal available at ports such as Mackay? If so, are the wharf labourers prepared to load the coal, and is shipping available to carry it to the southern States? </para>
</talk.start>
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<talk.start>
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<page.no>1923</page.no>
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<name.id>KUA</name.id>
<electorate>SOUTH AUSTRALIA</electorate>
<party>LP</party>
<role>Minister for Fuel, Shipping and Transport</role>
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<name role="metadata">MCLEAY, George</name>
<name role="display">Senator McLEAY</name>
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<para>- Queensland tendered for .the supply of coal to Victoria, but as the quality and the price of the coal as -well as the delivery dates were unsatisfactory, the tender was not accepted. There is a reasonable quantity of coal available for normal requirements, and representatives of the Joint Coal Board are making a test of the best quality Queensland coal. If that is found to be up to standard, I am quite certain that ships can be made available to transport it. I can assure the honorable senator that any coal produced in Australia will have preference over imported coal. </para>
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<debate>
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<title>QUESTION</title>
<page.no>1923</page.no>
<type>Questions</type>
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<subdebate.1>
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<title>BROADCASTING</title>
<page.no>1923</page.no>
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<speech>
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<talker>
<page.no>1923</page.no>
<time.stamp />
<name.id>K3R</name.id>
<electorate>QUEENSLAND</electorate>
<party>ALP; QLP from 1957; DLP from 1968</party>
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<name role="metadata">BYRNE, Condon</name>
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<para>- I preface a question to the Minister representing the Postmaster-General by pointing out that although the Australian Broadcasting Commission was established to supply a radio service to broadcast musical, cultural and sporting activities, at the present time because of some disagreement over finance Hobart is being deprived of a broadcast on Saturdays of Australian Rules football, which has a wide audience throughout Tasmania. Will the Minister make representations to his colleague to have the broadcast of Australian Rules football restored so that the people of Tasmania may be able to enjoy the service to which they have been accustomed during the last few years? </para>
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<talk.start>
<talker>
<page.no>1923</page.no>
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<name role="metadata">COOPER, Walter</name>
<name role="display">Senator COOPER</name>
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<para>- I shall 'be only too pleased to bring the matter to the notice of the Postmaster-General. </para>
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<title>QUESTION</title>
<page.no>1923</page.no>
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<title>IMMIGRATION</title>
<page.no>1923</page.no>
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<talk.start>
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<page.no>1923</page.no>
<time.stamp />
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<name role="metadata">FRASER, James</name>
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<para>- Consequent upon certain inadequate information supplied by the Minister representing the Minister for Immigration yesterday in reply to a question by me, I desire to ask the following questions. In the event of a person who holds a passport that is valid for five years desiring again to leave Australia, is it a fact that he has to comply with the following requirements : (1) to make application to the Immigration Department for vise3 to the countries that he intends to visit; (2) if married, to obtain a declaration by his wife or by any person dependent upon him.; (3) to obtain a clearance from the Taxation Branch? "Will the Minister also say whether it is not a fact that in 1987 <inline font-weight="bold">Mr. E.</inline> Thornton was granted a passport by the Lyons Government to proceed overseas in order to attend a Communist conference? In view of the general statements made by the Minister for Immigration and other members of the Government, will the Minister also say whether it is not a fact that the Government has the power to prohibit any undesirables from landing in Australia? Is it not correct that such power was exercised by a former United Australia party administration against <inline font-weight="bold">Mrs.</inline> Freer who, although she was a British subject with a British passport, was refused admission to Australia and was subjected to a dictation test under the Immigration Act? </para>
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<interjection>
<talk.start>
<talker>
<page.no>1923</page.no>
<time.stamp />
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<electorate>VICTORIA</electorate>
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<para>- She had a stinking record. </para>
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<page.no>1923</page.no>
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<para>- Has not the Government still the power to exclude any one from landing if he fails to pass a dictation test? </para>
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<page.no>1923</page.no>
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<para>- The matters to which the honorable senator has referred are peculiarly within the knowledge of the Minister for Immigration, and I hesitate to answer all the questions offhand. The reference made by the honorable senator to the exclusion of undesirable persons is, according to my recollection, correct. But it must be borne in mind that the power of exclusion is exercised under the Immigration Act and can be applied only to persons who are immigrants. That power cannot be applied to Australian-born citizens returning to Australia. The proper interpretation of the word " immigrant " raises a number of legal problems; for instance, whether a person who has become an Australian citizen as the result of residence falls within the ambit of the immigration laws. However, I shall direct the attention of. the </para>
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<para>Minister to the matter that the honorable senator has mentioned and obtain the information that he requires. </para>
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<page.no>1924</page.no>
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<page.no>1924</page.no>
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<page.no>1924</page.no>
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<para>- Is the Minister representing the Minister for Commerce and Agriculture aware that because of the closing down of flour mills in South Australia approximately 33 per cent, of employees in the industry have been retrenched? In view of the importance of th« flour milling industry and the hardship occasioned to the dairying, poultry and pig industries, by the closing of the mills, will the Minister inform the Senate of the results of his efforts to remedy the position and to have all mills working for at least one shift each day? </para>
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<page.no>1924</page.no>
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<para>- Representations were made to me some time ago by the Honorable Frank Condon, of South Australia, and those representations were brought to the notice of the Minister for Commerce and Agriculture, who promised to use every endeavour to obtain contracts for flour. I regard the matter as of such importance that if the honorable senator will place the question on the notice-paper T will get the latest information for him. </para>
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<page.no>1924</page.no>
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<page.no>1924</page.no>
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<para>- Yesterday, it was stated in this chamber that the Tasmanian hop-growing industry was threatened with extinction because of price control. I ask the Minister representing the Minister for Commerce and Agriculture whether it is not true that price fixation in Tasmania is the sole responsibility of the State Labour Government? As this industry is of concern to the whole of Australia, has the Minister for Commerce and Agriculture inquired into the present relation between the fixed price for hops and the cost of production? </para>
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<page.no>1924</page.no>
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<para>- Yes, the Prices Commissioner in Tasmania is responsible for fixing the price of hops. I shall refer to my colleague, the Minister for Commerce and Agriculture, that part of the honorable senator's question which relates to the cost of production. </para>
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<page.no>1924</page.no>
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<page.no>1924</page.no>
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<page.no>1924</page.no>
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<para>- Will the Minister for Trade and Customs say whether it is a fact that, within recent weeks, <inline font-weight="bold">Senator Morrow</inline> attended a peace conference in Melbourne? In view of theCommunist auspices under which the conference was held, will he inquirewhether <inline font-weight="bold">Senator Morrow</inline> has any Communist affiliations? </para>
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<page.no>1924</page.no>
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<para>- I saw a reference to this matter in a newspaper, but newspaper reports are not alwaysaccurate. I do not enjoy the confidence of <inline font-weight="bold">Senator Morrow</inline> to the extent that he has told me whether or not the report is correct. In the circumstances, I do not propose to make any inquiries. If <inline font-weight="bold">Senator Morrow</inline> cares to make information about this matter available, he may do so, hut he need not do so if he does not wish to. </para>
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<page.no>1924</page.no>
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<para>- It is my business. </para>
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<page.no>1924</page.no>
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<para>- I ask you, <inline font-weight="bold">Mr. President,</inline> whether it is in order for an honorable senator to raise the question of the private affairs of another honorable senator? </para>
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<page.no>1924</page.no>
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<para>- I consider that the question was in order. </para>
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<page.no>1924</page.no>
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<para>- It was in very bad taste. </para>
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<page.no>1924</page.no>
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<para>- Taste is a matter for individual senators. It is in order for an honorable senator to ask whether another honorable senator is a member, of a certain party. During my long connexion with the Senate, I have heard questions of that kind asked from both sides of the chamber. Whether or not a question is in good taste is a matter for individual senators to decide. </para>
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<page.no>1924</page.no>
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<para>- I ask the Minister representing the Prime Minister whether he endorses the conduct that we have ju9t witnessed ? An honorable senator, in the guise of a question, made a serious charge against another member of the Senate that may or may not have any foundation in fact. I should certainly resist with all the power at my command if <inline font-weight="bold">Senator McCallum,</inline> in the cowardly manner that he has exhibited this afternoon, attempted to do to me what he has done to <inline font-weight="bold">Senator Morrow.</inline></para>
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<page.no>1925</page.no>
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<para>- Order ! The ^question asked by <inline font-weight="bold">Senator McCallum</inline> contained no charge. An honorable ^senator who, in the course of a question, reflected upon the character of another honorable senator would certainly be called to order, because that would be disorderly conduct. If my memory serves me correctly, the effect of <inline font-weight="bold">Senator McCallum's</inline> question was to ask whether <inline font-weight="bold">-Senator Morrow</inline> attended a certain conference. He did not make a direct charge. </para>
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<page.no>1925</page.no>
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<para>- May I answer the question? </para>
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<para>- Yes. </para>
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<page.no>1925</page.no>
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<para>
<inline font-weight="bold">- Senator Collings</inline>has asked me to state my opinion of another honorable senator. I understand that the gravamen of his complaint is that, in his view, <inline font-weight="bold">Senator McCallum</inline> expressed an opinion of another member of the Senate. I did not understand <inline font-weight="bold">Senator McCallum</inline> to express an opinion of <inline font-weight="bold">Senator Morrow.</inline> As far as my opinion of what <inline font-weight="bold">Senator</inline> McCallum did is concerned, I agree entirely with_ the ruling that you have just given, <inline font-weight="bold">Mr. President,</inline> fie asked ra reasonable question. After all, honorable senators are not entirely private -citizens. We are public men, and, as public men, our public activities and functions are the business of the public and also of the Senate. I have no comment to make. I do not know whether <inline font-weight="bold">Senator Morrow</inline> did or did not attend the conference. If he did so, and if it is something of which he is ashamed, he has an opportunity to say so. If it is not true he has the opportunity to say -so. I, personally, have no comment to make on it. </para>
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<page.no>1925</page.no>
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<para>- A similar question was asked in another place. It is very strange that this question should have been asked here in parrot fashion. That was probably done with the object of injuring <inline font-weight="bold">Senator Morrow.</inline> I suggest that in future honorable senators should not be permitted to ask in this chamber, in parrot fashion. questions similar to questions that have been asked in the House of Representatives. </para>
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<para>- I have no knowledge of what was asked in another place. </para>
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<para>As President of the Senate, I have to interpret the Standing Orders as fairly as possible. <inline font-weight="bold">Senator McCallum</inline> asked whether certain meetings had been attended by <inline font-weight="bold">Senator Morrow.</inline> That question was in order, although in bad taste. I repeat that I have no knowledge of what was asked in another place. Therefore, my ruling stands. Each honorable senator has a perfect right to ask questions, which, if in order, shall be permitted. </para>
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<page.no>1925</page.no>
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<para>- In view of your ruling, <inline font-weight="bold">Mr. President,</inline> that the question asked by <inline font-weight="bold">Senator McCallum</inline> was in order, I point out that the honorable senator made a definite <inline font-style="italic">charge</inline> which I know to be untrue. I did not ask my question in an attempt to defend <inline font-weight="bold">Senator Morrow,</inline> who is quite capable of defending himself- </para>
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<page.no>1925</page.no>
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<para>- I rise to order. I do not wish to stifle the honorable senator but I submit that if <inline font-weight="bold">Senator Collings</inline> wishes to make a statement the correct procedure is for him to ask leave of the Senate to do so. </para>
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<page.no>1925</page.no>
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<para>- I agree with the Minister for Trade and Customs that if the honorable senator wishes to make a statement he must ask the indulgence of the Senate to do so. I was listening carefully in order to determine whether <inline font-weight="bold">Senator</inline> Collings was asking a question. The honorable senator is entitled to reasonable .time in which to frame hi.' question. My impression was that Sena tor Collings was about to ask a question. If he wants to raise a point of order he can do so. Likewise, he may ask a question if he wishes to do so. </para>
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<page.no>1925</page.no>
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<para>- I wanted to raise a question. You, <inline font-weight="bold">Mr. President,</inline> have ruled that <inline font-weight="bold">Senator McCallum's</inline> question was in order. I am under the impression that you misunderstood my attitude in this matter. As I said before, I was not attempting to defend <inline font-weight="bold">Senator Morrow.</inline> He can do so himself. <inline font-weight="bold">Senator McCallum</inline> made a definite statement that I know to be untrue. It reflected upon me. He said that the peace organization was a known Communist organisation. That I know to be untrue. It reflects upon me in a very personal way. That is why I entered my protest about it. Apparently you overlooked the fact that the honorable senator made a definite charge that it was discreditable to an honorable senator to be a member of a trade organization. </para>
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<page.no>1926</page.no>
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<para>- Does the honorable senator wish <inline font-weight="bold">Senator McCallum</inline> to withdraw his statement? </para>
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<page.no>1926</page.no>
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<para>- <inline font-weight="bold">Senator McCallum</inline> made a statement which was a personal reflection on me, and I ask that it be withdrawn. </para>
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<page.no>1926</page.no>
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<para>- As <inline font-weight="bold">Senator McCallum</inline> made a statement to which <inline font-weight="bold">Senator Collings</inline> objects, and wishes it to be withdrawn, I ask <inline font-weight="bold">Senator McCallum</inline> to withdraw the statement. </para>
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<page.no>1926</page.no>
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<para>- On a point of order. I understand that the practice is that if words used are offensive to an honorable senator, they must be withdrawn if he objects to them. However, the words must be specific, and they must be offensive to the honorable senator personally. <inline font-weight="bold">Senator Collings</inline> has not indicated to what words he objects. </para>
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<para>
<inline font-weight="bold">- Senator Collings</inline>mid .that <inline font-weight="bold">Senator McCallum</inline> had made certain references to a peace organization to which he objected because they were personally offensive to him. I do not know whether <inline font-weight="bold">Senator McCallum</inline> said that <inline font-weight="bold">Senator Collings</inline> was a member of the organization, but the words used were offensive to the honorable senator, and he asked that they should be withdrawn. In such circumstances, the practice is for the President to ask the honorable senator who made the statement to withdraw it. </para>
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<page.no>1926</page.no>
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<para>- Insofar as anything in my question may be held to refer to <inline font-weight="bold">Senator Collings</inline> I withdraw it, although I did not have the honorable senator in mind when I asked the question. </para>
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<para>- The honorable senator must withdraw the words. </para>
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<page.no>1926</page.no>
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<para>- What words? </para>
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<para>- You made certain references to a peace organization, t ask you to withdraw the words relating to the peace organization. </para>
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<para>- Will you supply me with a <inline font-style="italic">Hansard</inline> report of the words complained of? </para>
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