COMMUNIST PARTY
ELECTION OF OFFICERS PA WELLINGTON, May 24. Officers elected by the Communist Party of New Zealand at the triennial conference, which ended to-day, were: —Chairman of National Committee, Mr A. Drennan Auckland; members of National Committee Messrs V. G. Wilcox, H. M. Smith, S. Scott, N. Williams, R. Stanley, Mrs Rita Smith (Auckland), Mr D. Mcßae (Ahura), Mrs C. Birchfield, Messrs A. J. Birchfield, A. B. Skilton, A. Galbraith (Wellington), J. Locke (Canterbury), Dr H. Silverstone (Dunedin). The conference opposed any move to abandon Imperial preference or devalue the New Zealand pound. It announced an immediate programme calling for wage increases, the freezing of prices pending reorganisation of the Price Tribunal, and the raising of the income tax exemption level. A statement issued by the party also called for nationalisation of key industries under democratic workercontrol.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19480525.2.114
Bibliographic details
Otago Daily Times, Issue 26780, 25 May 1948, Page 6
Word Count
138COMMUNIST PARTY Otago Daily Times, Issue 26780, 25 May 1948, Page 6
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Otago Daily Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.