Sir,
Now that this poor State has, at long last, been freed of its political incubus, its responsible citizens are able, for the next few weeks, at all events, to indulge their hopes of gradual return to prosperity, and internal peace. Victoria has already declared for honest government, and the reaffirmation of pledged action, in its relation to the Commonwealth. This State, suffering, discredited, and humbled, should be politically stimulated by the slide in the sister State. The result, definitely, repudiates the irrational and dishonest Lang plan. It is ours to follow suit, to which end there must be perfected organisation. The electorate is too prone to taking things for granted, and therein lies the danger of defeat. Assuredly, the Soviet and Communist elements of the State will use every means to their hand, to immobilise and destroy the activities of their opponents. Let us then, as electors, fully recognising this danger, pledge ourselves, by close association with our own district branches, and, by utilising every legitimate endeavour, pull our weight in the chosen machine. Our high resolve should be to return a Parliament pledged to rehabilitate the State, dissipate its unrest, and, determinedly, earnestly, apply itself to the solution of unemployment. Good luck to you, Mr. Stevens.
I am, etc.,

Dum Vivimus, Mosman, May 15.
The Sydney Morning Herald 17 May, 1932
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Lady Game to her mother

One cannot at all understand how a clever man like Lang could do such a thing, or commit this illegality, unless for the purpose of provoking his own dismissal, and Philip is inclined to think that he did wish it. He couldn't have done such a stupid thing without seeing it—or possibly thought Philip would never dismiss him, whatever happened.

It was impossible for him [Lang] to carry on a Government with all supplies being cut off on every side. The more we think of it the more we believe that he saw and knew this and wanted to be dismissed, and knew that he couldn't carry out his horrible mortgage bill.
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From a personal letter written by Sir Philip Game on July 2nd, 1932

In spite of the popular endorsement of my assassin's stroke, I am still wondering if I did right. I still believe that Lang has a great deal of right on his side, that a lot of what he advocates will have to come to pass, and that the extremists on the other side are a great danger than extreme Labour."
"When I was young, there were no factories. There were only two types of men -masters and servants. And as for widows - all they could do was to take in washing. There was nothing else. In those days, a mangle was the most important possession many people had, for it meant the bare bones of living. We simply had to change all that.
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