TRIAL AND ERROR PROGRESS

Chronicle (Levin), 21 June 1946, Page 2

TRIAL AND ERROR PROGRESS

- Press Associatiori \ ,

NEED TO EXAMINE SOCIAL i LEGISLATION

By Telegraph-

WELLHXGTUX, .luue 20. The jieed I'or export cxainiuafion of soeiai legishitiou to det.eniiine it? praclical aml reoiote (•onsequoncos hefore ii wiiir recoin luended to tlte eonnlry or put inlo operation, was toudied oi) l>y Ihe ■ presidetit, Mr. IV. J. Sun, K.C., in a refcrence to the i-eseandi activities of ; ihe Xatipnal l'arty in the course of liisj add resij to the annual conference of tlie party. "To-day," lie said, "the sysleni is an inqmlsive hit or niiss atl'air, progress by trial and orror alone. In tlie inlerests of leisure, hours of woik are shortened; working days curtailed. No researtdi aeeonipanies the clianges in any kind of seiontific endeavour to plot whai will liappen, nor is any parlicular coiisideration given as to wlicther legislation, good in itself, is ap])ropriale (o Ihe particuiar moiuuut wlien it is brought in. In cousequenee we see an acute shortage of goods, the neeessity for increased prices, shopping queues, and an exasperated connmmity. As far as I ean see, no real research aeeonipanies present soeial legislation; and a.i iong as it confers immediate benefit upon somebody that is a sulheient test of its usefulness. The touehstoue of the general publie iuterest does not, seem to be applied. " ,j