THE LABOUR PARTY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21144, 30 March 1932, Page 10

THE LABOUR PARTY.

NATIONAL CONFERENCE. MR. JORDAN NEW PRESIDENT. [BY TELEGKAPn. —PRESS ASSOCTAT ON'.] WELLINGTON, Tutadij. The annual conference of the New Zealand Labour Party is now being held. The retiring president, Mr. H. G. Rj Mason, M.P., in welcoming the delegates, said the conference was the most important ever hold. They were faced with one of the greatest economic and social crises in the history of the working people. lie 'hoped the delegates would arrange for creating a strong public opinion which would stay the legislation which was being enacted by the Coalition Government.

Mr. W. J. Jordan, M.P., was elected national president, Mr. W. Atkinson vice, president, and Mr. J. T. Thorn national secretary.

Mr. H. E. Holland presented the report of tha Parliamentary Labour Party,/which reviewed the work of the various sessions and outlined the party's attitude toward each of the measures introduced. Mr* Holland said when the House resumed, the Labour Party would be called upon ta make another sustained fight against further wage and salary reductions, attacks on social services and various classes of pensions. Tho following resolutions were passed This conference congratulates Mr. P* Fraser, M.P., and Mr. J. A: Lee, AI.F-f on the stand taken by them under tha circumstances which resulted in their suspension.

This conference places on record >t» high appreciation of tie efforts of its Parliamentary representatives in their magnificent and strenuous fight against ths destructive arid hopeless class legislation of the Coalition Government.

This conference approves of the .shorter working day or week as being sn effective method of dealing with unemployment.