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its enemies. If the executive managements have 

 proved that they are capable of conducting their 

 sporting meetings without transgressing the common 

 law of the realm, then State interference is un- 

 necessary. If these suppositions are correct, which I 

 maintain them to be, then any attempts on the part 

 of the State to dictate to the executive managements 

 of the various branches of sport must be suicidal to 

 the State. This is only an example of the laws 

 which govern humanity. If we in private life offend 

 the person upon whom we are mainly dependent, 

 that person will withdraw his help. The son de- 

 pendent upon his father disobeys the latter's legiti- 

 mate requests with the penalty of disinheritance. 

 So wise statesmen who recognise the value of sport 

 to the community are unwilling to take any action 

 which would have any hostile effect upon the present 

 amicable relationship between sport and the State. 



A man's life should be divided into two parts, 

 one devoted to work and the other to recreation. 

 We have been told by certain politicians that it 

 is the duty of the State to find work for the un- 

 employed. I will not discuss this question, since 

 it is sufficient for me that the State protects a man 

 in his work by various means, such as the Factories 

 Act and the Employers' Liability Act. The law 

 grants compensation for wrongful dismissal and 

 settles trade disputes. It is the theory of our 

 constitution that an able-bodied man must support 

 himself in the same way as a schoolboy is compelled 



