DEMOCRAT PARTY.

Waikato Times, Volume 118, Issue 19639, 27 July 1935, Page 7

DEMOCRAT PARTY.

OUTLINE OF POLICY. STATEMENT BY MR DAVY. I ' The following statement has Seen handed to the press by Mr A. E. Davy, ‘ chief executive officer of the Democrat Political Organisation: “In view of the fact that the chances of the various political parties are being freely discussed In the press, and that all sorts of ruinours are current regarding the Democrat Party, my executive has authorised me to state that we have made very rapid progress indeed. A meeting of all candidates has been called for the second week i» August and within the next few weeks, we shall be ready to giVfe the.publio the full details of the Democrat Party. “Apparently the only argument left to our friends, the National Socialists, is the old cry of vote-splitting. The I whole story of vote-splitting is based .on false premises. The fluctuating aggregate votes of parties is a proof of this. To say, after an election, that the votes cast for any of the three parties is a definite Reform, or .United, or Labour vote, is entirely . wrong. If hew candidates are to be prevented from entering the Held because of this bogey, it is perfectly obvious that we must bo prepared to put up with the same politicians and the same sorry, legislation. It is unthinkable that we should be asked to stagnate in this manner. At the last general election when we had a two-party contest, something like 1500 electors in each electorate, on an average, did not vote, simply because, In the main, they had. no one ito vote for. Polioy of Now Party. “At the present time we are being besieged with requests regarding the nature of our policy. Our candidates, * at the meeting I have previously referred to, will decide 'the exact details of our polioy, which will ibe based on certain broad principles. Committees all over New'Zealand are at work on Ihese details at the present time. “We will have a definite scheme for tho relief of unemploymnt, based dn development and reproductive works, bolh state and local body, and private enterprise. lOur aim is to get the unemployed baok to their own trades or callings, at standard rates of pay. Our scheme does not necessitate any taxation Increases, Inflation of currency, dr endrmous borrowing. It simply means the utilisation of our present resources in a commonsenso and practical manner. “Assistance to farmers is an important question, and tho schemes we have in view will ensure that farmers are able lo carry, on, without inflicting undue losses on mortgages or without robbing the farmer of his freedom, or his years of work represented in his equity. Again this scheme relies •on practical commonsenso, using the means already at hand, without any fantastic-currency or credit manipulation. Opposition to Socialism. “ \V.e are opposed to all Socialistic schemes, legislation and enterprise. We bellevo that prosperity can come only with the rehabilitation of the private individual, and the recognition and encouragement of his right io work and trade in a free manner. Wo believe in the sanctity of contracts, and we believe, that relief from now pressing contracts can be given in a more equitable manner, without undue hardship to either siclo.”