Issue dodged

According to reliable sources, this written question and the others which followed were "jacked up"—probably by the panel members who answered them.

While this practice is not too objectionable if the questions are realistic, the narcotics question missed the main point of concern to the public—the right to search without warrant, and the chairman quickly proceeded to the next topic after the "rigged" question had been dealt with.

Mr. McCready. Otaki MP, demonstrated ignorance when answering a question from a member of the audience about NZ White Paper figures on infiltration in Vietnam.

He said he was not concerned with what was in "black and white," as he had been there and had spoken with the then Prime Minister of South Vietnam. In effect Mr. McCready rejected his own government's "facts" on the Vietnam war.