NATIONAL PARTY POLICY

Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23301, 10 April 1941, Page 12

NATIONAL PARTY POLICY

Sir—Mr Broadfoot tells us thai the iMtktional Party (or should I say Coali':!I|»n) was on the down grade, primarily through its handling of the depres'nf on. He says the party did everyi< I 1 dng of a negative character and had sHfrthing to offer in the way of a posi--1! ire policy. The question now arises ('if nether the National Party, cleansed ifilj! the "old gang" and Presumably of S r: *ie negative outlook, and fortified with I new leader who has no political sins I \ atone, but has. drive and a good liysique. should be supported. The irty's policy is in the process of being . Mr 'vised and brought up to date,, but in I lite meantime Mr Broadfoot gives us #i indication of the lines it will take, rat' 'e begins by telling us that the counSmy is living beyond its means—a nega- | I ve catch—viz.; taken right out of |lie stock-in-trade of the "old gang of ill The present Government has fallen If -om grace for precisely the same reaI in that other governments, particuMl irly "left" governments, have always 111 illen in all countries, namely, excesm ve taxation. There is ample opporII inity to launch successfully a positive mnd progressive policy. We do not M 'ant any dimunition in social progress if -quite the reverse, but we do want 11 ixation replaced with a reasonable Si Iternative. We want a cheapening of If ving. We want access to the fruits II f production for the old and the 1 oung. Surely the combined brains of 11 le rank and file of the Nationalist II 'arty, plus the good physique of their If ader. can produce something better If aan "old gang" slogans?— Yours.etc., j| April 4. 1941.