NEW ORGANISATION

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20493, 1 March 1941, Page 4

NEW ORGANISATION

REVISION OF POLICY AUCKLAND RESERVATION (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, this day. The president of the Auckland division of the People’s Movement, Mr. J. Crisp, said yesterday that the statements in the press under the names of Mr. S. G. Holland and Mr. E. R. Toop, of Wellington, regarding the merger of the National Party and the People’s Movement did. not correctly state the position. After outlining the aims of the movement, Mr. Crisp said: “During protracted negotiations with the National Party, both before and after Mr. Holland’s accession to the \leadership, we laid it down that there should be a new name, a new leader, a new policy, and a complete reorganisation of the party if there was to be a merger between us. Mr. Toop was never given authority to make an unconditional surrender of our movement to the National Party.

“The position is that the National Party has merged only with Mr. Toop and a Wellington committee, but other sections of the movement stand firm to our ideals, aims, and policy. Whilst leaving the door open for further negotiations the People’s Movement will continue to function and will take such steps in future which we believe will be in the interests of the good Government and welfare of all people in this country.”