Meanwhile the uncompromising Mr. Menzies is placed in a position where compromise is unavoidable. If an opportunity occurs, or can be created, for holding an election on a popular issue, he can be relied upon to take advantage of it. The prospects of such a development do not seem bright The Labour Party is playing a cautious waiting game, and reaping the benefit of dissensions in and between the other Parties. Public opinion is divided and has been oh: cured by the barrage of Party publicity in the Press. Much depends on the attitude of the Country Party as a whole when the new Ministry meets the House, when a clarification may be expected both of political augments and of the sympathies of the man in the street, who. in the final analysis. holds the balance of power.
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