PARTY POLICIES

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 93, 21 April 1931, Page 8

PARTY POLICIES

(To the Editor.) Sir,—lt looks as though the Wellington business men in urging the fusion of the Refonu and United Parties are of the opinion that any old policy will do for the United Party, and that the question of policy f6r the combined party is therefore simple. This is quite a natural thought when it is remembered that the United Party's policy at the General Elections included extensive borrowing,' cheap money to farmers, reduction of taxation, an immediate solution of the unemployment problem, and other attractive proposals that never were —and never could be—fulfilled. It must also be remembered that when they first took office and for the subsequent two years while the money lasted, United scouted support from Reform and instead relied upon their allyLabour.. When money recently ran out, however, United perforce changed its policy from Labour-bias to Reform-bias, and generally as readily swallowed the Reform policy as it previously had swallowed the Labour policy. The Wellington, business man now appears to think it would be a good idea to catch United before it once again changes its present policy for another and bind it up with Reform definitely to steady it.—l am, etc., BUSINESS IN POLITICS.