LABOUR POLICY

Inangahua Times, 5 July 1934, Page 2

LABOUR POLICY

ADDRESS-IN-REPLY. LEADER’S STATEMENT. (Per United Press Assn.) WELLINGTON, Last Night. In the House, Hon. Cobbe said the Government intended to introduce legislation at an early date in the direction of increasing penalties for the conversion of motor cars.

In the Addxess-in-Reply, Mr Fraser' read a statement from Mr Savage and' said the Party did not propose to participate further than that statement in the dehate. The Party considered that the Governor-General’s address was devoid of any hope or prospect of a constructive policy, which New Zealand so urgently needed. The Labour Party was anxious to give the Government an early opportunity to bring down its plan and legislation necessary to give effect to that Plan. The Party was particularly desirous of learning what steps the Government proposed to take in connection with: (1) The returning of purchasing power to the mass of peoi pie, by the restoration of wages, sal--1 ary and pension cuts, and raising re-* lief pay to a standard rate; (2) the • restoration of employment in produc- | tive and development work for those : at present unemployed; (3) a guarI antee to all workers’ services and . sufficient to secure a standard i living, according to the resources of \ the Dominion; (4) maintenance and development of primary manufacturing industries on a basis that will give a reasonable return to the farmer and manufacturer, and improved working conditions and hours for employees; (5) a re-adjustment of indebtedness to save the equities of those who have built up farms and homes and the life-time savings of many people; (6) a re-organisation of public works-] ( and the transfer of many of those engaged in relief work to construction of roads, bridges, etc., necessary ’ and essential to the development of . the Dc/ainion; (7) extension of a marketing system for surplus products and making of reciprocal agreements for the exchange of those products ’ for commodities and services, which ’ will not interfere with our own na- * tional progressive manufacturing in- ' dustries; (8) national control of bank--1 ivr credit and currency. t The Party affirms that the democra-

tic 'development of tlie Dominion can "be secured only by a dissolution oi xlio House at tlie close of tie present

Hon. Young replied and said tie Government iad a policy which it estimated would take four years to work out. He said Lai our laid down no workaile way iy wiici its suggestions could ie carried out and added that tie Government was not going to ie. intimidated, iut would act in tie interests of tie people in carrying out tic policy laid down.