LABOUR PARTY CONFERENCE

Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28268, 4 May 1957, Page 12

LABOUR PARTY CONFERENCE

Remits On Many Subjects 1 (X etc Zealana Press Association; t WELLINGTON. May 3. The annual conference of the I Labour Party will open in Wellington on Monday. About 4€O • delegates are entitled to attend the conference, wmch is expected; i to end on Thursday The opening address will be I given by Mr M. Moohan, ALP. for ■ Petone. who is the party’s presi--1 dent. The report of the Par Ha- ' mentary Labour Party will be made by the Leader of the Opposi--1 tion (Mr Nash) on Tuesday evening. The main business of the conference will be the consideration of a large number of remits from afEliated organisations on a wide

remits will be reported on by: special committees Special committees of farmers, women, and Maori members will also report to the conference. Candidates foi Office Elections to the national execut tive which, with representatives of the Parliamentary Labour Party, finally formulates Labour's policy for the General Election.

; this year will also be held. The national secretary-treasurer (Mr A. J. McDonald) will be re-elected unopposed, Mr Moohan is regarded as certain to be reelected as president His opponents for the position are Mr J. Mathison, MJ*. for Avon, and Mr J. S. Stewart, a former MJ*. for Eden. Dr. A. M. Finlay, of Auckland, the present vice-president, is likely to be re-elected to this position although there are 10 other candidates for the post One of them is Mr Moohan, who is a candidate in case there should be an upset in the presidential contest