AIMS OF LABOUR.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 139, 15 June 1938, Page 13

AIMS OF LABOUR.

MARCH TO SOCIALISATION. PROFESSOR AL(iIK'S REVIEW. (By Telegraph.—Special to " Star.") TE KITH, this day. | A Government with socialistic intentions must first establish its deadening' grasp upon the material resources of the country by nationalising the means of production, distribution and exchange, rtiid, secondly, it had to maintain itself in power by directing and controlling public opinion and ultimately rendering it impotent and ineffective, declared Professor R. M. Algie, organiser of the Auckland Provincial Freedom Association, speaking here last night. The Labour party, in the brief space of two Parliamentary sessions, had travelled very far and fast towards the realisation of both these objectives, Professor Algie said. The socialisation of the meant; of production was to all intents and purposes complete, but for obvious politico 1 reasons the "screw" had not been rigorously applied so far. The Industrial Efficiency Act, he also claimed, literally gave the Government a stranglehold over the industrial, commercial and professional life of the country. It had all the machinery necessary for the introduction of State supervision and control. ! Tl, e march towards socialisation was equally clearly discernible in the matter of distribution, the professor contended. The free right to engage in private transport for individual profit was a thing of the past. Before very long the State would be in possession of ii complete and unassailable monopoly an regards all transport for reward, Whether bv rail or by road. Another contention made by Professor Algie was that in respect of matters of finance and currency the lieserve Bank Act gave the Government a power that was far too dangerous to be left in the hands of .any sutgto