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The Straits TImes, May 28, 1959 I am a wage-earner enjoying a comfortable, though not luxurious, income, conscious of the fact that only a commercially thriving Singapore is making my position possible. I am also one of many who subscribe to the principles of the People's Action Party. I believe that, despite its faults and its unnecessary demonstrations of anti-British sentiments, it is still a party ranking high above the others in sincerity, in organisation and in having a practical political programme based on socialist lines. But do I dare to hope for a PAP victory on May 30? I was warned by my employers, as many others have been, that if the PAP won this election I would have to look for another job as they would close down and shift their business to the Federation. Whether this is an empty threat or not I am unable to say. The stakes are plain: a continued, comfortable income or a PAP victory. I have deliberated over this problem for the past week without being able to arrive at any solution. Which path should I take? Security in servility or abandoning my ideals? This morning, my employers again threatened my colleagues and I with hints of the consequences of a PAP victory. It helped me to make up my mind. I will vote PAP and try to get my friends to do the same. -- PAPSY, Singapore Next: Money out of a hat Previous Copyright © 1998 Singapore Press Holdings. All Rights Reserved.