ber, roused 2 storm in Canberra las week when he produced a letter sugesting that Treasury officials were censoring evidence for the Royal Commission on Banking. This tri-tuna! was appointed. to investigate the Australian banking system after the last Federal elections. Labour critics cynically assert that its obvious function ts to discover reasons for not extending the powers of the Commonwealth Bank and adopting the Labour Party's policy of national control of credit, 'The Commonwealth Statistician, Dr. 'Wilson, forwarded the evidence he Intended to place before the Commission to the Federal Treasury, Mr. Casey, for friendly criticism of' cer-fain technical details, He enclosed a Hlotier which referred to the probable "blue pencilling" of certain passages, and addressed the letter to 4 Mr, Ward, who Is Mr, Casey's secretory, The letter was delivered to the wrong Mr, Ward, and the Labour member raised the Issue in the House,
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