EXCHANGE CONTROL

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 34, 10 February 1939, Page 11

EXCHANGE CONTROL

APPROVAL OF POLICY. GOVERNMENT CAUCUS. ' MORE HOUSES WANTED. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Thursday. « Exchange control and industrial j ' expansion within the Dominion were tlie ! two main questions discussed at . a ' caucus of the Parliamentary Labour f party to-day. Discussing the business ( of the caucus at the conclusion of pro- " eeedings, the Prime Minister, ' the Pt. } Hon. .SI, J. Savage, said exchange con- ' trol had been discussed in all its rami- l fications and everyone was satisfied with * the general policy adopted. Mr. Savage added tiiat related to \ exchange control was the question of ' industrial development in New Zealand, s and this.had been discussed. It wns c the job of the Minister of Industries and " Commerce, the Hon.-D. G. Sullivan, to h see that the manufacturing industries were developed at such a ra'tu that they would lip able to do as much as possible ( ill the shortest possible time to fill the f gap brought about by the limitation of | imports. ' ' ] ''In the campaign in support of New Zealand industry it is intended to have ' the assistance of every member of the , party in delivering public addresses and ] in meeting unions," said Mr. Savage, j "This campaign is to start right away. I myself will take an active part in the | campaign. I intend to', visit factories ) in order to obtain a better idea of what , .is really happening. c "It is not sufficient to talk. It is hecc&ary-: to he in a position to tell the public actually what progress is ' being made with industrial develop- > moiit. v I hope within tho next week or ' so to complete arrangements for visits j to various centres in the Dominion." ' Housing construction, and defence ' •were to be discussed by the canons | to-morrow, continued the Prime Minister. Housing construction was one of the. biggest problems facing the Government at the present time. "The housing conditions of many ponpk' arc just .scandalous," he added. "There is no other word for it. Tt means increasing the number of people iir the' building trade. Not only is it necessary to train more of' our own people as building tradesmen, but under the present circumstances it seems skilled men will have to be obtained from abroad. "Unless some such action is taken it seems it will be quite impossible to do a fraction of what is required, let alone solve the problem."