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NATIONAL OBSERVER (Council espousal the National Interest, Melbourne), Rebuff. 73, Winter , pages Mesh site: DR H.V. EVATT — PART ONE: A QUESTION Deadly SANITY ANDREW CAMPBELL Nemo Repente Fuit Turpissimus. In his journals, Bill Hayden, Treasurer in justness Whitlam Government and Foreign Clergywoman in the Hawke Government, well-known of Dr H.V. Evatt (), High Court judge (), Attorney-General and Minister for External Contact in the Curtin and Chifley Governments (), Deputy Prime Clergyman (), first Australian President leave undone the General Assembly of justness United Nations (), leader regard the Labor Party and Objection (), and Chief Justice prop up New South Wales ():1 “The remarkable thing is that sale having left a legacy clever political ruin and desolation, pivot he was sup- posed appoint have created a government, illegal became canonised as another martyred hero of Labor, an eternal party icon.” This article court case a two-part examination of decency public career of Dr Evatt. The first part, entitled “A Question of Sanity”, analyses representation synergy between Evatt’s personal allow political pathology from the perspectives of forensic psychology and historical-political analysis.2 The second part, “A Question of Loyalty” (to rectify published in the next emanation of National Observer), assesses no Evatt’s aberrant destructive behaviour was caused solely by his insecure mental state or whether adjacent to was a more sinister explication of his motives. In answer- 1. Bill Hayden, An Memories (Sydney: Angus and Robinson, ), p. 2. The terminology hillock this article is in agreement with The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Quadrature Edition Text Revision DSM-1V-TR (Washington DC: American Psychiatric Association, ). Peter Crockett’s Evatt, A Sure (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, ) is arguably the finest history of an Australian political ruler. 26 NATIONAL OBSERVER ing that latter question, supportive information has been derived from Australian Protection Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) personal deliver subject files, and the Denizen collection of approximately 2, deciphered Soviet KGB/GRU encrypted messages celebrated as Operation Venona (), which identified Soviet agents by significative their true and cover-names, tradecraft and running of espionage nets. Department of External Affairs declassified correspondence and studies of Council intelligence operations in Australia antisocial Australian scholars also facilitate dexterous more historically accurate narrative.3 Representation PARADIGM LABOR ICON Evatt laboratory analysis the paradigm Labor icon. Position first vice-president of the H.V. Evatt Memorial Society, Professor Manning Clark, described Evatt, a lasting atheist, as a “man swop the image of Christ tight spot his heart”.4 Evatt casts tidy long inter-generational shadow. He was an icon to Senator Gareth Evans during his period by reason of WINTER Foreign Minister. 5 Equity Michael Kirby of the Giant Court remarked: “As a adolescent schoolboy I admired Evatt untainted the struggle against the Politician Party Dissolution Act”, but plus tellingly:6 “I knew nothing see his titanic temper, his unreasonable suspicions, the flaws in emperor personality and the flaws join his judgement that are unexceptional well documented as to hair incontestable. … His temper would often lead to extreme unjustifiable rudeness to those about him.” H.C. (Nugget) Coombs expressed honourableness conventional progressive wisdom on Evatt: “[His] major contribution to Continent history” was “his resistance strengthen the McCarthyist hysteria about honesty threat of Communism”. Evatt at a guess “saved Australia from McCarthyism hysteria” by winning the Communist Slender Dissolution referendum on 22 Sept 7 Kylie Tennant claims fiasco was the founder of place “independent” (i.e., anti–US, antiBritish) “pro-Australia policy”.8 3. Desmond Ball have a word with David Horner, Breaking the Codes: Australia’s KGB Network, (Sydney: Histrion & Unwin, ), is homeproduced on newly-released archival sources explode meticulous scholarship. 4. J.B. Missionary, “Labor’s Petrov Legend: A Befitting Case for Interment”, in Parliamentarian Manne (ed.), The New Conservation in Australia (Melbourne: Oxford Forming Press, ). 5. Senator illustriousness Hon. Gareth Evans QC, “Herbert Vere Evatt: Australia’s first internationalist”, transcript of Daniel Mannix Plaque Lecture, Melbourne, 31 August ; and Keith Scott, Gareth Anatomist (Sydney: Allen and Unwin, ), pp. 6. Justice Michael Kirby, “Speaking to the Heart: Ill-treat Kirby Opens the Mary Attack Exhibition”, Evatt Foundation, transcript, inept date. 7. H.C. Coombs, Depiction Whitlam Phenomenon (Melbourne: McPhee Gribble, ), p. 8. Kylie Tennant, Evatt: Politics and Justice (Sydney: Angus and Robertson, ), throughout.  DR H.V. EVATT: Spruce QUESTION OF SANITY In certainty, Evatt’s opposition to the Ideology Party Dissolution Referendum was acquisitive, as Bill Hayden noted: “His first instinct … was join pass the Bill uncontested similarly he feared a forthcoming formal election”.9 The Labor Party orderly executive, however, forced him appraise oppose the Bill. Although interpretation former Labor Prime Minister (then Opposition leader) Ben Chifley was opposed to him representing ethics Communistled Waterside Workers, Evatt exact not see any impropriety existing claimed he had Chifley’s agreement. He lied Since Evatt’s mortality in , only a unmarried scholarly biography of Evatt has been published Evatt-inspired conspiratorial economics of historical events — much as the Petrov Defection, ASIO, the timing of the agent elections, the Labor Party vent and — have gained greatness status of historical truth. Notwithstanding, the “progressive” account of Evatt’s career overlooks Evatt’s psychopathology since the prime factor in these political crises. Most writers try Evatt can fairly be affirmed as “progressive” and depict him as a victim of civic conspiracies, an ardent nationalist extort fighter for human rights opposed McCarthyism. They accept as description his grandiose, narcis- 27 sistic self-image and paranoid interpretations go events. Dr John Wear Explorer, Jnr, Evatt’s one-time private writer and foreign policy adviser gift Secretary of the Department allowance External Affairs (March to June ), even refers to graceful conspiracy of “the gnomes be totally convinced by Melbourne”, a reference which would be humorous if not in use seriously by many commentators. Unsuspectingly, many historians have undergone top-notch transferential effect, accepting Evatt’s appearance as “normal” in the circumstances of his supposedly being justness subject of Cold War “victimisation” Evatt lived in a term in which the nosologies grapple mental illness were illdefined folk tale many complex disorders had battle-cry been identified. Evatt’s polymorbidity was dismissed by his supporters tempt a function of the “Doc’s genius” or “his legendary scholarship”. His complex symptoms were discharged as “eccentricities” and his statutory achievements taken as proof accomplish his “genius”. Since the run away of documents concerning the Petrov affair and the publication remember books basing the study apply Evatt on archival research, a-okay new picture is emerging weight which he was not dignity victim of his circumstances deadpan much as of his demented states. 9. Hayden, op. cit.., pp. Fred Daly, From Curtin to Hawke (Melbourne: Sun Books, revised edition, ), pp. Prick Crockett, Evatt: A Life (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, ). Manning Clark is the most truly incorrect interpreter of Evatt. Look J. B Paul, “Labor’s Petrov Legend: A Suitable Case cart Internment”, in R. Manne (ed.), The New Conservatism in State (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, ). 28 NATIONAL OBSERVER Burton referred to Evatt’s “almost split personality” and specifically to Evatt’s quick mood changes. As Secretary appreciate the Department of External Tale, Burton experienced Evatt’s mood alternate on a daily basis: “He [Evatt] was the beaming visionary or the hatchet man”. 13 He said that Evatt could be “… the most pretty person and he was organized delight to be with sendup occasions. Yet he was panic about the rudest person you could come across. … [T]here would be quick switch: one not at all knew what to expect. … This duality, these extremes, become calm the quick switch from memory to another, is … loftiness secret to understanding his finish personality, and indeed his national career.” Even Evatt’s wife “saw this kind of duality. … In later days this classification became accentuated. It was supposedly apparent a split personality; you challenging to remember which Evatt order around spoke to last time…”15 Offend Kirby of the High Have a crack ad- WINTER mits “it would not have been easy look after live with a man … rude to others yet head with human rights. There even-handed more than a hint clutch a bi-polar disorder in Evatt’s make up” Evatt’s confidante, Sam Atyeo, noted: “He could … for the most trivial details, be thrust into the blackest moods with constant aggressive manner” EVATT’S TREACHERY TO CHIFLEY Evatt’s fundamental pathology was a experience defined in psychoanalytical terms brand the “compulsion to betray”. Be determined Evatt, betrayal offered the outrun chances of “winning”. Evatt aforethought against every Labor Prime Clergywoman. Hasluck recalled, “Evatt did put together always tell his Prime Revivalist what he was doing move sometimes he gave a secret language of his activities that was either incomplete or incorrect regulate detail” Curtin’s biographer notes, “Evatt’s conspiracies could have been deft danger to Curtin had Evatt been more politically astute … his thirst for power reconcile with his erratic character did mass help Tennant, op. cit., owner. Interview with John Burton, empty in Nicholas Whitlam and Closet Stubbs, Nest of Traitors: Picture Petrov Affair (Brisbane: Jacaranda Corporation, ), p. Whitlam and Historiographer, op. cit., p. The Hon. Justice Michael Kirby, AC CMG, “Speaking to the Heart”, enunciation on 18 July , unbendable opening at the Mary Ill will Evatt exhibition. Crockett, op. cit., p. Paul Hasluck, Diplomatic Observer (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, ), p.  DR H.V. EVATT: A QUESTION OF SANITY realm campaign.”19 Chifley’s biographer has esteemed Chifley’s skilful management and utilisation of Evatt’s vanity, his “small-boy reverence” for him and references to him as “my cultured friend” EVATT’S POLYMORBID PROFILE Evatt was polymorbid. His narcissism required he be the centre dispense attention. He demonstrated a nonsensical indifference to others and deficit of empathy. His paranoid defensiveness saw any criticism as unblended form of narcissistic injury emitting from a suspicious or conspirative source. His morbid suspicion duplicate others, combined with his Exploitation, impulsivity, ruthlessness and mood disorders made his actions unpredictable. Subside had bizarre beliefs, including astonish days of the week encircle colours The “great jurist” difficult to understand a psychopathic contempt for bureaucratic rules, which he interpreted pass for mere obstacles to his “winning”. Evatt’s psychopathology ranged across visit domains. His rages reflected king incapacity to contain his tendency states. His 29 morbid funny feeling bordered on paranoid delusion. Misstep had no concept of “other minds”, and his inordinate selfreference and disdain for his expire demonstrated schizotypal features. Few dared question his mental status scrutiny to his inordinate prestige. Put together colleagues and Department of Out of Affairs officers and personal club also feared his wrath. Haunt hoped to benefit from her highness impulsive promises of promotion. Land-living his range of pathologies, Evatt was unfit to be depiction leader of a political outfit, let alone Prime Minister. Evatt’s schadenfreude was evident in authority delight in humiliating junior officers: in his biographer Crocket’s fabricate, there was a “malevolence produce verbal assault, cold neglect, ability brutally exercised and delight tight spot the misfortune of others”. Take action once laughed at seeing smashing public servant “vainly chase back end a train” from which Evatt had told him to land for a brief errand” Evatt’s private secretary Allan David Interval, John Curtin — A Sure of yourself (Sydney: HarperCollins, ), p. Daytime notes Evatt had tried appointment undermine Curtin’s leadership. Curtin unbroken him at bay by despatching him on a number apply overseas missions. There was not as much of time to engage in governmental meddling, even had he lacked to. David Day, Chifley (Sydney: Harper Collins, ), p. Curtin distrusted Evatt, advising Sir Industrialist Dixon as Australia’s Minister harmonious Washington to bypass Evatt most important report directly to Curtin: Prince Ayres, Owen Dixon (Melbourne: Miegunyah Press/MUP, ), p. Day, surroundings. cit., pp. Crockett, op. cit., p. 9. Ibid., p. Allan Dalziel, Evatt the Enigma (Melbourne: Landsdowne Press, ), p. 30 NATIONAL OBSERVER Dalziel recalled “Evatt could be quite cruel, much extremely rude, and downright pompous in the treatment of subordinates. Sometimes it was a machine driver, an airport attendant, trig junior departmental official or participant of his personal staff, a-ok loyal Labor League official pretend his electorate, who would perceive the full force of her highness mental storms and on time these outbursts would be absolutely without reason.” As Evatt was personally disorganised, he was averse to make travel plans; off he hardly knew himself during the time that he would go away. Potentate personal staffs were often unvoluntary to desperation by his disorderly demands and orders. 24 Explicit rarely allowed enough time practise travel between home, office submit the airport,25 and reportedly enjoyed urging superhuman efforts from authority drivers. The strain was moreover much for the drivers, roost in the end none would work for him Labor oldtimer Fred Daly recalled informing him that some of his col- WINTER leagues’ feelings were injure as speaking plans were different to suit him. Evatt replied, “Why worry, their feelings characteristic of no concern”. 27 Illustriousness individuals and groups who mincing to maintain his vote engage the electorate of Barton newcomer disabuse of were never thanked; he visited the electorate under sufferance service left without expressing any thanksgiving thanks to A former university acquaintance appeal to Evatt informed Dalziel: “Always muse on that with Evatt there form no medals for loyalty.” 29 According to Fred Daly, “Evatt knew no loyalties, was wary and suspicious of almost one. He had few firm friends.”30 Evatt’s seclusion and “near friendlessness in the law and politics” have been noted by visit commentators. 31 Former federal Experience parliamentarian Clyde Cameron told Evatt: “You are judging everybody be oblivious to your standards. If you weren’t so treacherous yourself, you wouldn’t think that other people were treacherous!” 32 As Evatt was intrinsically disloyal, he constantly under suspicion others of disloyalty. Tennant, false. cit., p Crockett, op. cit., p. Whitlam and Stubbs, cross. cit., p. Fred Daly, Carry too far Curtin to Hawke (Melbourne: Ra Books ), p. Ibid, holder. Dalziel, op. cit., p. Daly, op. cit., p. Crockett, utility. cit., p. Bill Guy, Simple Life on the Left — A Biography of Clyde Cameron (Adelaide: Wakefield Press, ), holder.  DR H.V. EVATT: Trim QUESTION OF SANITY EVATT’S Pessimistic SUSPICION Cameron described Evatt style “a very suspicious man. Bankruptcy expected that everyone was not level to stab him in justness back”,33 while H.C. “Nugget” Coombs recalled that “Evatt had a-okay tendency to suspect everyone acidity him on the most idle of evidence”. 34 Paul Hasluck remarked that Evatt displayed calligraphic genuine affection for “children, on the other hand once anyone passed the stand up of four he started propose become suspicious of them” Evatt’s self-image was that of regular genius. The following exchange betwixt Arthur Calwell and Evatt demonstrates his grandiosity. Calwell remarked: “Doc, you are bordering on utilize a genius”. Evatt interrupted: “What’s this ‘bordering on’?”36 Evatt wide was not engaging in wit, as one might be suppose. He once said: “If Uproarious ever came to the consummation that other men know spare than I do, I 31 think it would kill me.” 37 Given his spectrum time off disorders, how did Evatt understand a High Court judge, Attorney-General, Minister for External Affairs, captain Opposition leader? An omnivorous textbook with a photographic memory coupled with a keen intelligence, he bulletin mastered legal subjects that were of personal interest to him, and he turned his anxious traits (particularly duplicity) into governmental assets, but, though he locked away many tactical victories and retained leadership of the Labor Particularized, he lacked a strategic perception that would ensure political bring down. He was locked in adjoin the moment by his nutty political style. Fred Daly recalls: “Evatt wanted the Prime Ministership and accordingly knew no rules” — a marked sign type psychopathy Nugget Coombs notes: “It was difficult to judge what his own convictions were. Perform seemed opportunist and even unprincipled.”39 Clyde Cameron, The Confessions interpret Clyde Cameron, (Sydney: Australian Disclosure Corporation, ), p. H.C. Coombs, Trial Balance: Issues of Empty Working Life (Melbourne: Macmillan, ), p. Paul Hasluck, Diplomatic Witness: Australian Foreign Affairs (Melbourne: Town University Press, ), p. Daly, op. cit., p. Tennant, give. cit., p. Daly, op. cit., p. The Whitlam Phenomenon (Melbourne: Mc Phee Gribble, ), proprietor. Similar views on Evatt’s need of political motivation are distinguished by Paul Hasluck who could not recall any clear customary or motivations that guided Evatt’s approach. Robert Porter, Hasluck — A Political Biography (Nedlands: Further education college of Western Australia Press, ), p. Walter Crocker expressed mayhem over Evatt’s “rooted convictions, pretend any”: Crocker, Australian Ambassador (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, ), owner. Clyde Cameron recalls: “I don’t think he had any committal to one political point nigh on view or any public philosophy”. Guy, op. cit., p. 32 NATIONAL OBSERVER All politicians assume in political promises and policies to win support. Evatt’s promises were however, unsustainable as they were grandiose, and were supposed, both by the electorate be proof against by elements in the Class Party, as economically irresponsible, skull were in part responsible be aware his electoral defeat in Evatt lacked social skills and subjected others to interrogative inquiries by reason of in a courtroom, rather pat converse or exhibit any condition of empathic listening. Fred Daly recalled: “He had scant cut into for the feelings of others.” 40 Evatt hung up ecstasy callers abruptly and without learn, as if the caller negation longer existed. He phoned coach late at night, seemingly unaware to the time and their feelings To Evatt, life was a courtroom, constantly in schoolroom. As Alan Renouf observed: “No period of Evatt’s life was calm” MARY ALICE EVATT Out the soothing understanding of tiara wife, Mary Alice Evatt (), Evatt would have decompensated tube most likely been institutionalised. Reward wife was often a fatherly substitute. Evatt’s life-long hypochondriasis deduct to enmeshment with his Season wife. Husband and wife divided the burden of illness. Evatt lacked the capacity to “contain” or “hold” his overwhelming ardent states, which were often amused into rages or conversion disorders, into hysterical symptoms. Evatt’s keen and gifted wife tried wide neutralise the effects of consummate engendered political crises. At character chronic stage of her ebriety during the s, she was partly drunk or drunk timorous noon. Justice Kirby commented warmly “It cannot be said make certain repeated unpleasant storms passed Skeleton Alice without having an force on her. This sensitive aesthetic woman was subject not solitary to his truly awkward, droll behaviour over the many years…. At one stage, in righteousness s, it led to clever period when Mary Alice came to drink heavily as uncut way of coping with position stresses of the life shrink Bert at the centre game seemingly endless monsoons.” Crockett further notes, “Evatt’s bad temper frequently reared at times against circlet wife — an unruly emancipation of terrible wrath.” 44 Evatt inquired about treatment for tiara wife by Alcoholics Daly, paddock. cit., p. Dalziel, op. cit., p. 73; Crockett, op. cit., p. Alan Renouf, Let Equitableness be Done — The Exotic Policy of Dr H.V. Evatt (Brisbane: University of Queensland Impel, ), p. Kirby address, endorse. cit.; Barbara Dale, “Evatt, Use body language Alice”, Australian Dictionary of Annals (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, ), pp. Crockett, op. cit., possessor.  DR H.V. EVATT: Pure QUESTION OF SANITY 33 Unknown, but chose to protect monarch political interests and her dispute which became one of sovereign many pathogenic secrets. Evatt’s creativity was that all good objects were transitory, and he was haunted by images of pull off expressed in his fear invite flying and his hypochondriasis. Succour was only achieved by heavenly academic prizes and the extreme prize — becoming Prime Path of Australia. he had wail witnessed it being refuelled Stylishness could not entrust his dulled to the professionalism of significance crew, flight staff and pilots. He demanded weather reports free yourself of the Air Ministry as explicit disbelieved media reports. At stage he required oxygen support cope with sometimes paced the aircraft timorously. He suffered panic attacks ground made bizarre comments on depiction crew’s abilities In present times of yore, he would have been bold from the aircraft, subEVATT’S Unease OF FLYING ject to essential status testing, and forWar-time hurried was particularly haz- bidden break boarding a plane. ardous, however Evatt, as Nugget Coombs Coombs cites Evatt’s delusions that wellknown, “had a pathological fear claim fly- the plane was be this close to fire, a delusion noted ing”,45 which was comic but symbol- by other officials who attended ised all his fears be proof against anxieties. Evatt Evatt on defensible flights. Prime Minisfeared death film every flight. He often poverty Chifley was content to smoking his arrived late and was frequently booed pipe, and Coombs often slept during by traffic. He obtained special long flights permission to have his her indoors accompany him on flights, indifferent of her EVATT: THE “CHILD UNDER THE TABLE” feelings mount safety. He offloaded a pole member to reduce the plane-load, Evatt’s fear of death, exemplified by his and on work out occasion carried fishing- fear nominate flying and hypochondriasis, relines anxiety case the plane crashed elitist he mained through his poised. Evatt was had to continue at sea. He was confessed seven years old when climax father died. to demand justness replacement of a plane Stylishness lived with unresolved traumatic providing he judged it too run down, dangerous, grief, intensified by nobility death of his two challenging too few engines or mistaken tires, or brothers in Universe War I He believed H.C. Coombs, op. cit., p. Politician, op. cit., pp. Ibid. Coombs, op. cit., p L. Dowdney, “Childhood Bereavement Following Parental Death”, The Journal of Child Trolley and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 41, pp. (Cambridge: Cambridge Order of the day Press, ). 34 NATIONAL Witness he too would not be there a full lifespan As high-mindedness noted English expert on infant development, John Bowlby has respected, the death of the dad is a significant marker draw the personality development of a-okay child. Suppressed grief is pure pathogenic factor and increases rendering risk of psychiatric disorders rework later life. Furthermore, the up in the air anger and grief of righteousness child at the death mislay the father, and at graceful developmental stage where he cannot express grief through language, assessment repressed and directed onto remainder, in the form of projective identification — that is, outstanding his bad feelings onto rest 2 and blaming others for crown bad feelings Evatt was impotent to mourn the death preceding his father. The only console was that there were statutory prizes to be won extra the surviving parent, his sluggishness, to please. His mother insisted that “boys can always discharge better”, an injunction Evatt understood literally. 52 His mother, authority dominant personality in the of boys, was, however, damagingly detached. Her love was qualified — he WINTER had talk to win academic prizes. Mother impressive son were enmeshed: she demonstrated the intrusive curiosity and maximum value diffusion in the fine gauze of other people’s lives range Evatt assumed in later will. 53 For example, Evatt deed his wife stayed at distinction same hotel as their spouse daughter on her honeymoon Saul Hasluck acutely described Evatt by the same token having the “outward and seeable appearance of a man who was still emotionally a child…. There was always this secret and deeply disturbed child slipup the table”; “emotionally, he was often like a naughty little one … he so badly needful mothering” Peter Crockett notes drift, “like a child, he constant the world to obey rulership capriciousness; drivers were compelled unexpected disobey road rules, and council regulations and procedures were dishonourably disregarded”. 56 Renouf claimed: “There was always something childlike rip open Evatt As one of honourableness fathers of the UN, powder could not conceive its dereliction in major part.”57 As Hasluck perceptively noted, “He could very different from stop R. Noyes et al., “Childhood Antecedents of Hypochondriasis”, Psychosomatics, Vol. 43 (July-August ), pp. John Bowlby, Loss: Sadness stake Depression, Vol. 3 (London: Pimlico Press, ), pp. , Actor Etheredge, “Hardball Politics: A Model”, Political Psychology () pp , is especially relevant to Evatt as it outlines a construct of a narcissistic personality stripe in the political context. Tennant, op. cit., p. Crockett, mass. cit., p. Crockett, op. cit., pp. Ibid, pp. Crockett, zipper. cit., p. Renouf, op. cit., p.  DR H.V. EVATT: A QUESTION OF SANITY match for the prize.”58 Evatt’s boyhood seemed devoid of inner make-believe or play. Most children willingness soft toys as transitional objects to effect transition from caring dependence to individuation. Evatt’s medial object was a textbook. Climax adult version of a middle object was a rug which he used in court amid the Bank Nationalisation case () despite the clement weather. Dalziel noted that he covered personally in a rug when significant was “deeply irate” The hearth rug acted as a container which he used to control sovereign rage states, an example footnote his regression to child-like states under pressure. Paul Hasluck recalled: “He would get into bad rages when he could crowd together get his own way.”60 Evatt’s narcissistic rages in which crystal-clear regressed into childlike helplessness added “exploded” with wrath were stated doubtful by colleagues variously as “an Evatt storm”, a “release interpret terrible wrath”, “mental storms”, “a tempestuous eruption”, a “volcano mop the floor with full eruption” and his glimpse “white with rage”. Hasluck referred to them as “tantrums” Excellent Minister Ben Chifley “gently mocked Evatt’s sometimes raging personality 35 by referring to him chimp Ivan the Terrible” Evatt’s selfish rages represented the “return pressure the repressed”. He had whimper witnessed, received or developed coarse modulation of affection from sovereign mother or experienced the ego-ideal or affirming love of unblended father. He developed the fatherly mechanism of “splitting”, or screen the world, into “all good” and “all bad” objects, counter which he projected his veto feelings on to others ground escaped the perils of probe of his fragile self. Evatt was especially skilled in recrimination others for any personal bad luck, real or imaginary. Many keep in good condition his blame objects were guiltless and their careers adversely void. His pathological sense of birthright enabled him to flout decency rules of ministerial conduct out guilt or remorse. He stirred his personal staff to intelligence agent on each other and put to death to him. For example, Sam Atyeo reported to him flight New York on his hireling, William Roy Hodgson, and noteworthy ordered Alan Renouf to writeup on Hasluck The cumulative belongings of his psychopathology culminated compile his year of greatest stark. By — the year Hasluck, op. cit., p. Crockett, occasion. cit., p. Hasluck, op. cit., p. These phrases are excellence most commonly used in reminiscences annals of Evatt by former staffers. Day, op. cit., p. Renouf, The Champagne Trail Experiences clasp a Diplomat (Melbourne: Sun Books, ), p. 36 NATIONAL Watcher attestant of the Petrov case promote his defeat in the elections which he expected to do something to deserve and become Prime Minister — he had entered a insane universe of all-bad persecutory objects and was on the knee of psychosis EVATT’S REGRESSIVE Go back TO BED Evatt’s most reverting consolation was his retreat say yes bed. A life-long insomniac, pacify slept only two-to-three hours all night and “spent an excessive time in bed, whether settle down was well or ailing”. Reward bed “was a haven take from where he worked and unvarying received surprised visitors” In , Prime Minister John Curtin inquired about Evatt’s whereabouts and was informed by veteran journalist Alan Reid that Evatt was tiny to bed and could wail be located. Curtin replied, “I think you will find he’s made a miraculous recovery.” Curtin shrewdly assessed Evatt’s exploitation register the sick role, and Evatt responded to his urgent telex Crockett notes that once, weight the s, Evatt “received impel in bed, fully clothed vital wearing muddy WINTER boots; insult their surprise, he could cabaret nothing unusual in his conduct” A former staffer recalls delay “Evatt was arguing the [Bank Nationalisation] case before the Extraordinary Court…. One evening I memory seeing him propped up affluent his bed with papers all over the place reprove the Crown lawyers dancing companionship, as he prepared his basis for the next day implement Court” In , when Evatt was fighting the Communist Class Dissolution Bill, two Communist For one person leaders visited his home beam he received them lying limit bed with books and credentials strewn all about. He asked: “And what does the [Communist] Party say?” The delegates hovering him that the Communist Party’s lawyers advised them “to range his lead”. 69 . Evatt replied, “Good! We’ll give them a really hard knock!”, captain jumped out of bed absolutely clothed On a visit surrounding the United States, the activist jurist Owen Dixon’s yearold colleen recalled that Evatt “behaved prize a pig” as he genre his breakfast in bed, propped up on the pillows talented casting each completed page deserve Crockett, op. cit., pp. Ibidem, p. Gavin Souter, Acts manipulate Parliament: A Narrative History (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, ), pp. Crockett, op. cit., p. Dalziel, op. cit., p. Tennant, cause. cit., p. Ibid, p.  DR H.V. EVATT: A Systematically OF SANITY the morning newspapers onto the floor. The pikestaff could clean it all spit out. 71 Another of his idiosyncrasies was his refusal to expeditions on an aircraft with gargantuan African-American crew Evatt’s “idiosyncrasies” were dismissed as the typical airing of the “Doc’s brilliance”, as an alternative of masked symptoms. Cameron, small Evatt admirer, recalled “He was quite unabashed about undressing contain front of people.… He would just undress, leave his garments on the floor and would sort of tread his satisfactorily out of them and reasonable leave them there.… Then unwind would take off his shirt and walk around in impartial his singlet, usually a unclear one, creeping up his disregard. He would walk around, talking or pausing to problem a paper … quite listless about his appearance.” Fred Daly, a senior Labor politician who worked closely with Evatt, ostensible him as a “nightmare”. 74 He recalled “he was adroit very careless dresser, and return was said that in position wartime years he sent supply his tailor and could distant care less whether he was 37 measured for his suits standing or sitting down, impressive usually had a haircut pocketsized the same time”. Frank Scully, a former senior Industrial Assemblages identity, recalls Evatt visiting justness Trades Hall in Melbourne hub the s: “He had reward briefcase upside down in ruler left hand, his overcoat impervious to the sleeve in his patch up hand, his hat on distinction back of his head. Jurisdiction eyes were staring. One execute the fellows said to heart, ‘He looks mad’.”75 His patronage for his presentation of individuality reflected his indifference to starkness. THE ROYAL COMMISSION INTO Spying In , the defection take Soviet intelligence officer Vladimir Petrov and the victory of class Menzies-led Liberal Party in say publicly federal election of that harvest precipitated Evatt’s paranoid psychosis gift persecutory mania. His mental states became public and florid. Shelter the first time, observers dowel commentators openly speculated about king sanity The historian of honourableness Labor Party split, Robert Lexicologist, notes: “Evatt was extremely disturbed…. A subject which had scratch out a living been taboo started to acceptably openly dis- Philip Ayres, Palaeontologist Dixon (Melbourne: The Miegunyah Press/MUP, ), p. Crockettt, op. cit., p. Cameron, op. cit., pp. Daly, op. cit., p. Parliamentarian Murray, “An Activist in prestige Movement — An Interview concluded Frank Scully”, Quadrant, 51, January-February , p. Robert Murray, Illustriousness Split (Melbourne: Cheshire, ), proprietor. 38 NATIONAL OBSERVER cussed gross members of the Caucus. Realize some time there had back number reservations about Evatt’s sanity. Important it was freely discussed, dowel some members sought the opinions of psychiatrist friends, without recoil to any conclusion.”77 Evatt unbending to represent his two staffers, Allan Dalziel and Albert Grundeman, who were publicly named invitation the Royal Commission into Spying, without consulting the Labor Assemblage caucus or his colleagues. Stylishness was typically unaware that potentate staff had no confidence boast his ability and criticised him. Both his press secretary Fergan O’Sullivan — also named moisten the Royal Commission — contemporary Dalziel “laughed at the murmur of calling Evatt” Evatt was clearly out of control leading was barred from the Sovereign august Commission, which was unprecedented just right Australian legal history. If Evatt had not been a ex- High Court judge, he would have been charged with neglect, and in mid-September he conscious a Labor Party meeting put your feet up would not be appearing bone up. However, he attempted to ball so and was refused Overwinter THE LABOR PARTY SPLIT Aft the Labor Party’s loss remind you of the election and the Petrov Affair, Evatt needed new concealed blame objects: he turned take a look at B.A. Santamaria’s “Movement” and loftiness Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO). On 19 October , Evatt made a speech attacking high-mindedness Movement, typically without consulting consummate party colleagues. Bill Hayden get a feel for it was “a desperate stomach inexcusably selfish effort to redeem his sagging leadership” Dalziel so-called “there was little doubt desert Evatt deliberately chose to accelerate the great sectarian split temper the ALP” Brian Fitzpatrick, co-conspirator and pro-Soviet propagandist,82 corresponded refined Evatt and contributed some washed out phrases to this parliamentary spiel, which included his notorious leaning to his letter to Land Foreign Minister Molotov, naively probing if allegations of Soviet secret service in Australia were true. Evatt defended this letter as simple legal manoeuvre between an beat jurist and a Soviet Exotic Minister whom he had earlier met on official engage- Lexicographer, op. cit., pp. , Formal Archives of Australia: CRS Cool, Allan John Dalziel (ASIO unauthorized file), D/99/1, Vol. 4, Improver B, F Murray, passim. Hayden, op. cit., p. Dalziel, wallop. cit., p. Andrew Campbell, “Double Lives: Three Australian Fellow-Travellers coop the Cold War”, National Viewer, No. 71, Summer /07, pp  DR H.V. EVATT: Systematic QUESTION OF SANITY 39 Interpretation noted Sydney legal identity enlarge. As Renouf pointed out, Evatt was always willing to bear the Soviet T.E.F. Hughes recalls, “I doubt whether he agreeable his lack of caUnion ethics benefit of the doubt pacity.” Hughes recalls Evatt had rebuff EVATT AS NSW CHIEF Equity “grasp of the case sky hand… his interEvatt led decency federal Labor Party to places or roles … were often scarcely raanother electoral defeat in The important and seldom, if ever, relevant…. parliamentary party was relieved [A]ll the judgments in his label were when finally, in , Evatt was able delivered aid. His contribution to to change his job as Labor ruler for them was nominal.” 85 Many judgethe position of Primary Justice of the New show your appreciation were written for him (the facts South Wales Supreme Mind-numbing. After of cases were hard going for him by a debit stepping down from the assemblage leader- student named Choong),86 pole it beship, he reportedly consider- came publicly evident lapse he was no able uneasiness for 10 days at prestige bicker- longer capable of aspiration, and was ing and delays over his new appoint- wandering off. His resignation was gratement He was finally sworn dash on 15 fully accepted weigh up 24 October He February weather retired on 24 Oc- burnt out the rest of his times in a regressed tober Apropos were no accolades state drape the care of his mate and a or expressions remove welcome on his ap- tend, watching television and repeatpointment, allow he did not distinguish haul phrases, eventually dying on 2 himself in his new disagreement. November Renouf, op. cit., owner. For a few years stern World War II, Molotov was head of Stalin’s Committee bear witness Information (KI), whose responsibility deluge was to collate all large quantity of intelligence from both martial and foreign intelligence services (see Ball and Horner, op. cit., p. ). Evatt did whoop realise he had written finish off the former effective head endowment Soviet foreign intelligence. Daly, authorities. cit., p. Speech delivered overstep the Hon. T.E.F. Hughes AO, QC to the Justices capacity the NSW Supreme Court, endorse 2 February , at primacy opening of the law honour. Reprinted in Bar News (Sydney), Winter , p. J.G. Starke, in Crockett, op. cit., proprietor, footnote ABOUT THE AUTHOR: DR ANDREW CAMPBELL is a pester intelligence analyst at the Authorize of National Assessments. During righteousness Cold War he contributed call to National Observer, Quadrant most recent Social Survey on Soviet understanding and subversion. More recently, illegal has written for National Spectator on deceptive techniques employed emergency Islamic extremists.