02265cid a2200397 a 450000100070000000500170000700800410002401900120006503300230007703500110010004000230011104200090013404300120014310000250015524500920018026000210027230000620029330600110035550000380036650600620040451800640046652007080053053000630123854501280130155500250142960000320145465000400148665000400152665000350156665100490160170000290165077300410167983000260172085600960174698400250184271976920191203160951.0860924s1976 xx nnu t eng 1 a477023410a19761012a19761013 a719769 aANLbengcANLdANL aanuc au-at---1 aHaylen, Leslie.4ive10aLeslie Haylen interviewed by Mel Pratt for the Mel Pratt collectionh[sound recording]. c1976 Oct. 12-13. a3 tape reels (ca. 150 min.) :b1 7/8 ips., mono. ;c7 in. a023000 aPoor quality recording on tape 1. aAccess open for research, personal copies and public use. aRecorded at Dulwich Hill, N.S.W. on 12 and 13 October 1976. aLeslie Haylen, politician and journalist, speaks about his early life at Amungula, near Sutton; origin of his family name; Dame Mary Gilmore, a family friend; army service during World War I; his anti-war views; working as a journalist at Sunday Times, Sydney Sun and Women's Weekly; his play Two Minutes Silence'; serving as member for Parkes, 1943 to 1963; impact of Petrov Affair; Arthur Calwell; Eddie Ward; Ben Chifley; 1949 coal strike; Justin O'Byrne; Nelson Lemmon; Don Cameron; practical joke played on Billy Wentworth; presentation of Cook journal to National Library; his opposition to state aid for Catholic schools; losing his seat. Pratt recites Haylen poems: Parkes 1963; Chifley's Grave. aAlso available onlineuhttp://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-221584806 aHaylen worked as a journalist prior to entering the New South Wales Parliament as member for Parkes, N.S.W. from 1943-1963.0 aTimed summary (8 p.)10aHaylen, LeslievInterviews. 0aPoliticianszAustraliavInterviews. 0aJournalistszAustraliavInterviews. 0aPoets, AustralianvInterviews. 0aAustraliaxPolitics and governmentxHistory.1 aPratt, Mel,d-1986.4ivr0 tMel Pratt collectionw(AuCNL)3919859 0aMel Pratt collection.41zNational Library of Australia digitised itemuhttp://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-221584806xfulltext aANLcORAL TRC 121/84