FOR PRESS POLYVINYL CHLORIDE PRODUCTS
( Statement by the Acting Prime Minister,
and Minister for Trade and Industry, Mr. J. MoEwen)
The Acting Prime Minister and Minister for
Trade and Industry, Mr. J. McEwen, announced today that
temporary duties would operate as from Monday morning
on certain polyvinyl chloride products, viz:-sheet,.
film, textile coated or supported fabrics, curtains ' and
tablecloths. The temporary duties would be in addition to
t~ he normal duties, but would not apply to goods in dirg*

66/ 095
FOR PRESS P. M. No. 65/ 1966
DEATH OF THE HONOURABLE SIR WIILLIAM SPOONER, KCMI. M4
Statement by the Acting Prime Minister. Mr. John McEven
The Acting Prime Minister, Mr. McEwen, said today
that Sir William Spooner was an outstanding and dedicated
Australian. From his fine military achievements during
the First World War dovwn through the years to his notable
contributions in more recent times in Federal Parliament,
and as a Cabinet Minister, he had a spendid record of
service to his country and to his fellow Australians.

FOR PRESS 67/ 1966
NATIONAL RADIATION ADVISORY COMITTEE
Statement by the Acting Prime Minister,
The Right Honourable J. Mc~ E-en. M. P.
The Acting Prime Minister, The Right Honourable J. McEven,
announced today that Professor R. J. ' alsh of the
University of New South Wales had accepted an invitation to
become a member of the National Radiation Advisory Commiittee.
Professor alsh, Professor of Hurma,. Genetics at the
University of New South Wales, is also Director of the Red Cross
Blood Transfusion Service in that State. He , ill fill the

PRIME ITSTER'S VISIT TO U. S. AND U. K.
XCHANGE OF TOASTS . fE-N T. E DENT OF TE UNITED
LUN\ XTLON I Tfi' WHITE H3TJE 14th July, 1966.
Kr. Prime M inister and my friends:
A house twice visited by a good friend is a house twice
blessed. So, Lr. Prime rainister, we welcome you back here to the
White house and we are very grateful that you were able to arrange'
your very busy schedule so as to return and pay us a visit.
While you were away, I spoke to my countrymen, and I hope to
yours also, about the Pacific area that we share with many of our

JOINT CC) M1VlUNIfUE BY PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JCHNS& N AND
THE PIMME MINISTER MR. HAROLD HOLT
AT WH[' ITE HOUSE, WASIING'FCN, D. C.
14th July, 1966.
At the invitation of President Johnson, the Prime
Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia, the Right Honourable
Harold E. Holt, has returned to Washington to continue the
discussions which they held on subjects of mutual interest on
June 2 9. The President expressed his sincere appreciation
for the Prime Minister's willingness to arrange travel arrangements
to make their meeting possible.

PRIME I4INISTE1W'S VISIT JTO U. S.--AND U. K.
Sveech ariven by-the Prime Minister. ME, Haroldf Holt at
the -AV2! k iipttl Oa ile ocAc asion twñ Austraxla C lub
Dinner in L~ 01C9Df 12thL July 1) 66
Mr. Chairman, Mr. Prime Minister and gentlemen, I have
always looked upon Lord Baillieu as a friend and, indeed, many
of his family are good friends of mine in Australia, and my
heart lifted when he sent his invitation to me to come to dinner
at the Australia Club in London. I'd been to one once before

Speech by the Prime Minister. Mr. Harold Holt,
at Commonwealth Correspondents' Association Lunche \ a'f
at Waldorf Hotel. London .1
I have always been a Commonwvealth man as long as I have been
in the Parliament of the Commonwealth, but using the first reference
to Commonwealth in that very much broader sense which embraces the
many Parliaments of our Commonwealth of nations, and indeed I have
seen that number grow very considerably from my first Commonwealth
Parliamentary Conference here in London in 194, w'" hen the only three

Television interview between
B. B. C. Correspondent. John Osman. and
the Prime I'Linister. 11r. Harold Holt 7th Julv o 1266
Q. Mr. Prime Minister, what significance do you attach to Mr.
W-ilson's forthcoming visit to Moscow?
1M. HOLT: Well, I hope it will do something to improve relations.
I said in America earlier this week that I thought we had to
try every means we could to break the impasse ahich has
developed around the world. As I said there, you can't go on
thinking that the world is divided into " goodies" and " baddies"

PRIMiE MTINISTER'S VISIT TO U. S. AND U. K.
Press Conference given by the Prime Minister, d
ir. Harold Holt, at Australia House,
London 7th July, 1966.
HOLT: There are several matters which we might cover this
mTorning but 7 thought it might be useful : if I opened up with so;: e
discussion on three topics which are of special interest to us in
Australia and which I know have attracted a good deal of attention
here. First perhaps I should say a word about how I cone to be
here at this time. I have been, thanks to their kind suggestion

ADDRLES BY THE ACTING . PRIME-MINISTER,
MINISTER FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY,
AND LEADER OF THE AUSTRALIAN COUNTRY PARTY,
MR.. JOHN McEWEN,
AT' THE FIRST ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
CANBERRA-QUEANBEYAN BRANCH OF THE. COUNTRY PARTY,
CANBERRA, 6TH JULY, 1966
The Country Party took shap. as a political entity
separately in all the States at about the time of the First War.
It had different names in the different States. It was. sAme little
time. before the State organisations composed a Federation.
Organisationally the Party is still a federation of State