THE UNITED LABOUR PARTY.

West Coast Times, 13 April 1912, Page 4

THE UNITED LABOUR PARTY.

ITS PLATFORM OUTLINED. OF SOCIALISTIC TENDENCY. mil TRESS ASSOCIATION.— rOTYIUGnj WELLINGTON, April 12. _ The New Zealand Labour Party at its Conference to-day considered proposals which had been brought clown in connection with the unify conference. It was agreed that the name of the organisation be “The United Labour Party of New Zealand” and that ifs objects shall be ; (1) To promote the organisation of all workers of New Zealand in all forms of necessary service fo protect their interests in the matter of regular rational and remunerative employment; (2) To promote their good citizenship and to increase their efficiency ; (3) To consolidate their political power in their own behalf and to nse their whole power, both political and economic, in negotiations with employers before courts, in municipal, County and Dominion Governments, in inter national relations and, if need be, jiindustvial revolt;

(4)’ To use, the fruits q[ every par tial victory to strengthen and continue this work until power to oppress and exploit any of the workers, either by private monopolies controlling Government or through private monopoly, ownership and control of industry shall utterly disappear -and there shall be secured for the people power to purchase with their income the total pro. ducts of their labour; until, in short, the means of production, distribution and exchange, in so far as they constitute in private hands instruments of oppression and exploitation, shall bp socially owned and operated without profit and for the common good of all. A number of other general clauses were also adopted.

WELLINGTON, April 12.—The New Zealand Labour Party at its conference to-day recorded its deep sense of the loss sustained by tire workers in the death of Mr Dacey and extended sympathy to his relatives. Speaking to the motion, Mr Carey said that the Labour Ministers were killing themselves by over work.