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Salient: Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 25. No. 12. 1962

Misrepresented

Misrepresented

It was to be expected that the President, in writing the letter, would have made Miss Jones's reservations quite clear. Whether he did so to his own satisfaction or not, (he terms of the letter were apparently such that the member for Tamaki could misrepresent the feeling of student.

President Mitchell has had plenty of warning about the sensitivity of the students on this issue. A recent issue of Salient carried two highly critical articles, one which was headed "The Indictment Against Our National Union" and condemned its poor public relations and the gulf between it and students, and another which specifically mentioned Mr Mitchell's "position in the National Party hierarchy" as a possible explanation for his somewhat conservatism in the fees affair.

Salient has been present at meetings of NZUSA where a student matter troublesome to the Government has come up and the Executive (mostly public servants by day' has thought it best not to end the Government, as it could prejudice chances of getting some other monetary favours, Ex-President Woodfield was particularly adept at these explanations.

The question arises, is NZUSA there to protect the students or is it there to represent the students. Where the Executive thinks that student interest and student opinion are in conflict, what should it do?