ORGANISATION URGED.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 243, 13 October 1936, Page 10

ORGANISATION URGED.

NATIONAL PARTY'S TASK. "REVOLUTION BEING STAGED." (By Telegraph—Press Association.) MASTERTON, Monday. Speaking at a meeting of supporters of' the National party in Masterton, Mr. C. H. Weston, chairman of the Dominion executive of the party, said the country was awakening to the fact that a revolution was being staged by the present Government. The Cabinet meant to foist upon New Zealand some such system of living as Russia had attempted and only recently abandoned. All private ownership would ultiraately go, said Mr. Weston. According to-the Government plan all businesses and occupations would eventually be controlled by a Cabinet Minister and civil servants. Did this mean greater efficiency and production ? The real issue before the electors in 1938 would be whether New Zealand would revert to the communal system of the Maoris, by which everything was pooled, or adhere to the individualistic system. Extra pensions, higher wages and shorter working hours were not in I issue. Every party wished to give them as far as - the' national purse would allow, and it was only a question of i ways and means. The National party, Mr. Weston added, must see that the real, issue was put before the electors. " Organisation and continuity of organisation were required. He appealed to supporters in all parts of the Dominion to find the necessary ftmds to ensure the continuance of their own machine. Colonel J. Hargest, M.P. for Awarua, said the Opposition in the House was putting up a dogged but at present hopeless figlit against legislation for which the country_ would have to suffer. In less than one year Labour rule in the Dominion had gone further in revolutionary socialism than any European country except Russia had gone. In that time the "Government had broken promises regarding the reduction of taxation, the exchange rate, and the use *of the public credit. It had gone to unheard lengths in assuming dictatorial powers flatly inconsistent with democratic principles. Colonel Hargest said the policy of the National party hftd yet to be determined by its members in conference. Its appeal was to the young people who were prepared to fight revolutionary socialism. No generation of young New Zealanders could fall heirs to absolute security and prosperity. They must make those tilings for themselves. It was the young people the National party asked to come to its aid in making New Zealand as j (rood a country to live in as it had been, i Some 00 young and able men were needed to contest seats at the next election.