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Salient. Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 26, No. 5. Monday, April 29, 1963

Congress Remits Ditched

Congress Remits Ditched

Motions flew and uproar reigned for a while in Council as 1963 Congress Controller John Harris tried to present his report.

Under the revised NZUSA constitution, Harris, given speaking rights by the meeting, was able to move the remits given him by Congress himself. Members objected on the grounds that two subcommittees had already processed the remits and recommended to Council which ones should be taken up.

President Mitchell charged that the subcommittee system was not working and that NZUSA was attempting to give up the whole business on the basis of this inadequacy.

Internal Affairs committee approved only eight remits out of a list, of 30 presented by Congress to NZUSA. Auckland president Peter Rankin protested at Harris's action and tried to move that the remits be no longer heard.

The motion failed. A subsequent Otago motion passing the remits to Resident Executive for consideration also failed. Acting Chairman Davy pointed out that Council would be shirking its responsibility by burdening Res. Exec, with the remits.

Victoria president Moriarty said that students at Congress were entitled to feel that NZUSA would be confronted with their remits in full Council. Association Vice President Keren Clark, chairman of the Internal Affairs committee, suggested that the committee members were able to discuss the remits intelligently.

Most remits lapsed for want of a seconder.

The Council did, however. "re affirm its position on all nuclear tests" and suggested that Maori voters be given the option of registering on either Maori or European electoral rolls, and that Maori candidates be permitted to stand for all seats.

After Harris had concluded his pleas, several motions were passed assuring that the situation would not recur.