CAMPAIGN IN EARNEST

Taranaki Daily News, 13 October 1931, Page 5

CAMPAIGN IN EARNEST

MANIFESTOES OF. PARTIES LABOUR AND THE CURRENCY OPPOSITION TO INFLATION SHARING OF ELECTORATES British Wireless. Ocfc - 101 Election activities have begun in earnest all over the country- '■ The Labour Party manifesto offeis a restatement of the aims which were expounded at the Scarborough conference. Currency inflation and the new attempt at deflation to force the sterling back to the old gold parity are condemned. The reorganisation of industry is demanded, and a reversal of the policy regarding reduction of unemployment benefits and public servants’ salaries is promised. The National Liberal Federation manifesto, signed by Sir Herbert Samuel and other Liberal Ministers, says that Labour’s programme of expenditure must defeat that party’s declared aims of balancing the Budget and preventing inflation. Mr. Winston Churchill,j who is contesting Epping in support of the National Government, in an election address welcomed men of goodwill from the other parties and added: “When the crisis came the best Labourites stood to their posts; the remainder basely deserted their duty and ran off to make party capital from the measures taken to repair the disaster they had caused. Mr. Edgar Wallace, the novelist, telegraphed to Mr. Lloyd George; “I am fighting Blackpool as ajplain Lloyd George Liberal and I am going to win it from the food traders; I feel that nobody is more competent to expose this national confidence trick which is gulling the country than one who has made a study of this form of crime.” Mr. Lloyd George, gratefully replying, said: “There w*as never a time when Liberalism stood more in need of fighting men, not funks.” 4 The Times’ political editor’s survey of the election probabilities jeveals an improvement in the National supporters prospects by the disappearance of surplus candidates who were likely to split votes. He points out t'hat in the London constituencies north of the Thames there will be a large proportion of straight fights, the Conservatives agreeing not to contest seats at present Liberal, but South of the Thames there is considerable Many seats which for years have been Labour strongholds, sometimes due to multicornered contests, are now expected to provide a clear-cut issue,'Socialism versus anti-Socialism. »