NATIONALS' PLAN

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 223, 20 September 1938, Page 11

NATIONALS' PLAN

Election Promises

NO CUTS IN WAGES

Progressive Proposals

J ' DSC PrOP ° ■."*»*- tion nf personal freedom Stk • "' ° n the '«*««- standard of family We™ i, n »™ te »?»ce °f the highest rl.. -icn manias™ issued by the LTal" ""n^"* 1 part £' Hon. Adam Hamilton. Leader of the Opposition, the The policy contains the following main plank,:— Res^oftv-:r-U^ om and the w—. housfr 8 I. PreS f ent r rCnted fr ° m the * of 1 r I'" 1 WOrkerS: and the Provision of loan, for yoU ng married couples for the purchase of furniture. Establishment of a Ministry of Social Welfare, with planned provision for all social services. No cuts in wages, pensions or civil servants salaries and no mandatory increase in working hours. The Arbitration Court and preference to unionist, to Dβ retained. Compulsory unionism to be abolished. provision of pensions for widows and orphan, and the institution of a fre.e maternity eervice. Liberalised family allowances; completion of Public Work,; restoration to the farmer of the ownership and control over hi, own produce: increased land settlement with an assured right of tenure; assistance for the manufacturer; abolition of unemployment tax on women; gold tax to be abolishedpetrol tax and radio license fees to be reduced