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Salient: An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria University, Wellington. Vol. 24, No. 3. 1961

"Salient's Article Misleading"

"Salient's Article Misleading"

Dear Sir,

I wish to make the following points on the article "What Happened to Herk?" which appeared in the March 6th issue of Salient.

(a)At the end of the article you quote me as making a definitive statement on Mr Hercus's eligibility for 1961. There is, in fact, a legal opinion on the Association's records that eligibility for office in the Presidency or on the Executive carries on to the end of a term of office as long as the candidate was eligible when elected. You, as Editor, were given an opinion which was being investigated and weighed and was no more intended for publication than it was final. I feel that you put me in an erroneous position oil the question and showed my attitude to Mr Hereus in an incorrect light.
(b)When you referred the article to me, before printing, for correction as to points of fact, I told you in writing that Mr Hercus had resigned from all sub-committees and committees to which he was attached. You did not, however, correct this point in your final draft and an incorrect statement on your front page resulted which tends to the disrepute of Mr Hercus.

Otherwise, the article was, I think, a fair and balanced picture of the Presidency and the regrettable shambles which developed at the time. I believe that the matter has straightened out quite satisfactorily now and any anxiety which your article has aroused is no longer warranted.

Yours faithfully,

Steve o'Regan,

(Executive Publications Office)