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[Communist Party of New Zealand]: The saga of Shifty Sid; keep N.Z. out of the Yankee Corral! Get rid of Sid - on November 13th [1954]
- Date
- 1954
- Reference
- Eph-A-COMMUNIST-1954-01
- Description
Mimeographed booklet issued prior to the 1954 general election, argues for a vote against Sidney Holland and his party. The booklet tells the "Saga of Shifty Sid" in comic book form. It relates how Holland walked out of the War Cabinet in 1941, gave lucrative contracts to American investors, signed an American peace treaty "which revives Japanese militarism", provided troops to quell people's movements in Cyprus and malaysia, collected heavy taxes, locked out wharfies in 1951, and attempted to smash workers' unions. He then pushed through the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1951, kept pensions low, prices high, and insulted the Maori people. He offended Britain over ANZUS, supported "Security" police, axed the "Weekly review" newsreel, banned Communists from the aire at election time, did not recognise the People's Republic of China, and joined SEATO which had no Asian membership.
Two copies held.
Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s).
Physical Description: Mimeographic print in stapled booklet of pink newsprint paper, 210 x 166 mm.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- [Pamphlets and flyers issued by the New Zealand Communist Party, and Communist candidates for elections. 1950-1959]
- Format
- 1 b&w art print(s), Ephemera, Stencils (Images), Comics, Fliers (Printed matter), Mimeographic print in stapled booklet of pink newsprint paper, 210 x 166 mm.
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