NEW PARTY MOOTED

Evening Star, Issue 23324, 21 July 1939, Page 14

NEW PARTY MOOTED

INITIATION IN HAWKE'S BAY . NO CANDIDATES UNLESS LABOUR FAItS I Feb United I’kess Association.] HASTINGS, July 20. A new political party, with the stated objective of giving expression to the views of the small farmers and other sections of tho community, is being formed in Hawke’s Bay. The chief organiser (Mr E. H. Dailey), interviewed to-day, stated that he was convinced there was a need for another political organisation to voice the collective opinions of the people in the right quarter. “ This party will have no connection with tho Labour Party,” said Mr Dailey. “ it will have its own policy and objectives, with no dictatorial methods in which two or three men will he in control. Members claim that the organisation will not embarrass the Government in any way—that is not our intention. We wish to keep in touch with the needs of the people as they arise. Provided that the Labour Government functions satisfactorily, wo will have no fault to find.” It was stated that the organisation will not put candidates into the field at the next election unless the Labour members fail to carry out the objectives they had m mind. It was. however, intended to contest local body elections.

It was emphasised that the new organisation had nothing in common with Communists. Adherents of other political bodies are denied membership in the new party. It is not known yet what the name of the new organisation will be, hut suggestions are: The Independent Labour Party, the Industrial Labour Party, or Socialist Party. The movement appears to bo confined to Hawke’s Hay. but the suggestion in that other eentres will be approached in the near future.