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THE UNITED PARTY.

TO THE EDITOR. _■ >? n ,°t.oy intention to apologise or the inability of the United Party ° Ut el ,? ctlon Platform, especfPart dealing with onr secondary ri^nvn^nr.+ S ’ l evis^ n °* taxation, and unemfor u must be realised that numbers 1Q the House do not t0 * ca t rry out . ite Policy without Tn Z P o P ° r i on s of the other parties. S.° t tho ®o that understand it is obvious aQ y support must come from the Labour. Party For the Reform Party to attam its objective it is necessary to Hnl ;+ a reserve of unemployed, for therein lies ite power to keep the masses in subjection It does not require more eviP^AJ^r 11 the - resl i t the Reform office in this country, which has resulted, as is well known, in an increased leisured class and an abundF ae , ° f unemployed. Results thus speak for , themselves. In spite of this we find 'you advocating the formation of a .National Party from what you call the T7 b? . j elements of the Reform and United Parties. Wbat you mean by the best elements of these parties you conveniently forget to explain. It is obvious tt -*1 j n e P ? re an - v members of the United Party in sympathy with Reform legislation of the past, they have become converted since the election. The United Farty was formed by those opposed U the policy of Reform who wished to see the country in a more prosperous condi- • L °2. lcal, y- then, the Government, it it is going to carry on, must get its support from Labour, and not from Reform tour reference to the amendment moved by Mr Atmore is amusing, for was it not in itself a condemnation of ReJ? rra ; Was it not Reform that occupied the Treasury benches? Did the Reform not also, as stated by you* have a majority in the House? In spite of these facts. Mr Atmore moved the amendment which was supported by six members of the present Government, the two •yvhips, and two private members,' all at present members of the United Party. Mill you have the audacity to -suggest that there should be formed a national party from the Uniteu and Reform Parties. Sir, if Mr Atmore and those who supported the amendment were sincere it must be ibvious that the amendment was moved to bring together the members of the Labour Party and the 10 members who supported it. as referred to by you. To suggest the formation of a. party from the United Party and the Labour Party_ at this juncture would be sensible, and in the beat interests of the country for, though there is a difference in the ideas of members of these two parties as to the method to attain the 1 objective, there can be no shadow of doubt that both parties stand all square against that curse of humanity, enforced idleness. Their objective is service which can be expressed thus: “ From each according to their ability, to all according to services rendered.” Writing ot the next session you say: “ The Government will consequently be more dependent than it was last year on the support that will be afforded to it by the Labour Party. From that humiliating prospect it may be conjectured large numbers of the supporters of the Government, in com mon with Mr Jenkins, will NowSir, on the assumption that the Government will bring down legislation dealing with the necessity of supporting our secondary industries, the revision of taxation, and unemployment, so that it will reflect itself in the opening up of our lands—all this being part of the United platform—and the Labour Party supports it, where does it humiliate the Government? -Have not the people returned it to carry through the above class of legislation? If by any chance any of the United Party do as Mr Jenkins has tlonp. they must be classed qb insincere or ignorant of the, policy o£ the Government; for, as before stated, there cannot be any relation between the policy of Reform (Toryism) and that professed by the United Party (Liberalism). In conclusion, may I say that never has there been a time when it was more necessary to have an understanding between the United and the Labour Party? These parties have something in common, and both have a . common enemy in Reform. Whether it comes by an agreement betiveen the parties in the House, or between the citizens outside, remains to be seen. If the country is to prosper and become self-contained as far as Nature will allow it, it must be brought

about. As in the past, so at the present, the_ Reform Party stands for that class of individual who, in the words of Adam Smith, “ love to reap where they never sowed.”—l am, etc., . C, M. Moss.' N.B. Yalley, February 24.

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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20960, 25 February 1930, Page 17

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THE UNITED PARTY. Otago Daily Times, Issue 20960, 25 February 1930, Page 17

THE UNITED PARTY. Otago Daily Times, Issue 20960, 25 February 1930, Page 17