LABOUR.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1656, 24 January 1913, Page 6

LABOUR.

FEDERATION. CONFERENCE, ■■.-■-S' - :: -;-. ;fe"'.'; ; J: ;;-::;:^ THE "ONE BIG UNION" IDEA, ./ y ;, ■'■;■■,''and.rPbLiTics.;f(';;;■]■ '■',':■ /Delogn'tes attending the conference cow i;' vened by'the of. Labour'con-,';. ■■ tinned their deliberations yesterday. Tbs.i. following is the'official report supplied..to:,, \ the-press:— "'; ■""/. ''"■','■ '■ .■'■'.' ; ''-\y:;"';y ■'..' . Correspoiidenco; was.received': intimating 1 , that "Mesas/H. E.,Holland and! T.;. Eagle,. ;, were appointed to- represent the Socialist. Party Executive on Congress 1 . !■ ■ A. cablegram;was received from the Am-;■ ■.':. alga.niateU! Workers''.'•Association, .. Rock- ":' hamptoh,. Queensland, conveying fraternal -.'•;'•' greetings, ! . and expressing the: hope, that ; ' the conference-would result inytko speedy.', . achievement of one big union/,.,'; Kv^-.:■..'■;. ■'■■;-. On Mr. Eec'onded .-''/ Mr. Stove, it 'was. unanimously resolved;' ;i ."That a cablegram 'be tent to the A;W>A; 'V Conference, Queensland, conveying frater- • / linl greetings,; and, reciprocating, schtk .').' ments; re-industrial solidarity."■ ■..,...,;■.;>:;.;:. Mr, IS-egcar ;annou'nced' that. Professor,.'.,; : Mills, and Vhimself.bad 'been, appointed'tori-: represent tho Labour Party Executive/,; > - Mr; Burgoyrie';said the - report'.credit.-.. •':■'■': ing' him .with.haying said' he• trould bb- ; ' ject to t'iie Socialist Tarty-being repre--'-:. sentcd-atjtLoiconference., was''indorrect., He; had declared in favour; of the Social-;-.,'.-. ist party, being .;there, but: had. drawn) :' distiaotiori's' bctir'een the. party .and. the.;, , Labour - party.'- ;'■';,-;/■'':.': .•"'» ■'X-'-.'j ' "'.'if.-' ■'. •'■: ■ A telegram was read'from', the Cantepiv.;yi., bury General Labourers) Union;' stating;:; .'-.) that under the Defence "Act: boys; had'. been:fined; and Itheiri'civil' rights taken... .; :away, and :that;, the , to' do anything and •everything ';:t0..-'br}n«;.i, about a," repeal of the compulsory clauses ■ 7. '-, Hit'the'Act.- ■ '• ::'---I'-\ : :'"'\ /•'' /::'■/■■;■/''/:•:''' .-'"'■ '''■ Consideration of 'remits was'then -pro-:' ceeded .with. ';..-' - ';•;•-' •: ■''..; ■•■■■\'-V'..\ .;.; Mr. P.C.Webb .moved:, "That, confer-,: .once, affirms the' necessity of •one organisa-/, .'. tion ini the'industrial -field- fbr'.tho; ad- ■-,-' vanoemehf and'; protection" of/organised,''.; .'. labour."' He said every evidence .was in, ■ ■; ; thedirection of organisation;by industry' ■'■'■ , : instead of ;by craft. All over-Australia''?-,; there: was .a mighty move in' the direction;;:'/ 1 of.one'great'industrialorgahifeatiohjv-The'. ■ / employers'-wcre.buo'and: iudivisablo where/:/ their class interests'were', involved. 1 .-'This-:,- .'■ reason.tliat' the; capitalist' vcryr.-wroth. with* the was,bccause'.'it feared tho; : result/would ■/ be oiib big union;, that would'bo' followed,.-. 'by.' one great revolutionary- political'party,' / - .of,-thV.wbrking'class/;AVhenvtke,'workors '.;.'. wero. .organised r..in>- every;"country,;;-no ( ■■/ ..■ Hague;,-' Conference /wouldy. be ;■ necessary,/ '}l y for the'day" war. was proclaimed'the work- ',';■■;:< ers would.be in a,position to- : stop the/ ;_■ wheels of production, and thus. stop. war./' ■. Mr. Campbell seconded the motion.' Ho: said in-Australia the'.Labour.parties had ', failed because' of industrial divisions, ,■■'•/ based oii lack, of economic kiipWledgo.'/In •;... KewZealand: they were: divided/up into ;,- over ; so with varying wage ,'.;.-' rates, and /varying'.agreements,/ and'all;.■■/,. operating against: one another.: yHe; held-./ :■ an.equal wage irate, wouldrmakeforVinr' dustnal solidarity; ';■ He held, it-was moreV' ./■'.' important-to Organise industrially/than .y/y it: was .to ■■< 'organise pblitically—for;;,,th«;"; industrial" would .reflect 'itself ipolitically. -'•■ ,'iMr.,.Hutchinson:■ woa appointed .'teller,,'/ in placed of iMr;. King,' swnb ''had; had : t0..'..:' for ; fr. : fi V}-'-.- : -';;\V •' ;Mf.'.Ybuhg v said the:mover ; and seconder ;:>; had > hardly; touched the Substance-of-the.:';.. " "motion."''-'He.-held .tli'ey should affirmjoa;.;;./bbth ; iudustriaPi and -. political; lines.' :.;B6 J'., moved as; anamendment: "That/this. coh-. y,; fefencb.is of opinion:that delegates'shtiuld.:' at bncb:proceed,to draf tai provisional con-'i-,, , ! : stitutioni for'• the creation of■;aiEederation>v of Workers ; ;for.';,political;aud.;industrial-/y '• actibiir such: constitution to ; bo'submitted■;■;.'-, s •'to-a plebiscite vote of all the .members.of','.;,; /each 'mdjim¥ry/; l union'ins;New t Zealan.d,'j-V ' including tliose unions how.-forming, unitsv, ,•: of. the.' existing' Federation .'of, labour;. f0r..;., j% iflpprbvar/br'bther.wiw.-.thevniajority.'Vote;;.''.: : .'of--the-members" ajid'■'. y>. ;bihd-'ail,.members !of,such' union. '•'.;,\yhen;, : -; ; Such:, ft was-drafted, it couldj >..•-./'.■. ;bo'.sutmittedv'to;,-a--;unions)/for: acceptance ior,otherwise.'',;>V,;:V ; ;';' i.: ; Various. points:of:'order were;raised;,a9,:.;,'-.: to/whether ,'the". two questions could ite/ ';, ■• taken:together, and'oh.the,chairman tak-'- ~'. ing/a vote, of,conference.; it .was decided., .: by. GO. to 39j that ;tho,.two' questions, should..;//: be c discussed separately/;'.:,.r'.y-;* i :';'fri.; ; V^^-

Miv^Silverstone ! supported.; the; rcsolu-'/■ •• ion 'moved' by;/< : Mr. v ;\Vcbb.; V ■■ gainst • dividing into•,two organisations,: ; ., ; nd suggested that' sub-com'niittees of.con-;,v;. ..'; rol. should.be appointed;when:'a: depisioa,';: pas-rcaolicdi 1 '''Industrial .'matters -.would <7. : ." ■e •■ dealt; with! by; the industrial' cpminit-i.■•■/• ahlFpoliti'cal; matters'' could; be ; dealt',,; ; vittby a , political''committce,'y •i'^v-,' MrV> O'Brien-, supported .the! original,.' -,; notion.:';'' Ho hoped : .they would'accom--; • >lish;.something',l>y the-carrying.pi|,th>v.,,: >.;;■•£ ::J' r. \ :.'.'.-''":o: ; Mr. Hoes' suggested ,that. as.they, seemed,.,.,;. o favour ;thc motion .they 5' -. ,ho priheiplc,' andNletl the".mattorof,ie..-.'.; :ails stand for.ltiter\disc'ussion,V: «-^■?}- ■■}: , . .Mr." ,I'regoar: ■' 6aidi there .was: nothing... . ionccrning. the; industrial .movement that. ;,;, lid not- .touch the .political, -'i; was,a \r : -. : !ooialist, and ; in touch Vith the Socialist.; - D arty, but did not belong4o.the"Social- o-.-i st .So6iety;/a'nd'Was\frimly'-'to.th6.,.trade;:,.;;;, unionists.-'/'-M. ycarsMortslhad beenV- ■.; nade to get unity; and.in- all bodies; there \ yere. .men' |»f •• ■• divengent'^views.;^,.He ; ; .,;■; xmldn't imagine: a'.conservdtive'trades,or. .-..: :raft. unionist suiting, his views to meet ;.v >n' the same."footing with;;a;.federation..- . st 1 " The'reforey-hoLdid not see that they. ; v sould succced;lh:inerging,'.into,an isation ■ that,,wa»■ impossible ,by of. ;hose ■ divergences.""' Hoo.advocated; t ttt© ■>~,•: iorni of' a' council to ..work [together. ,on■: , natters they could agreo. upland, agree,.;:,-'* ;o differ'.; oh other things.;'Vv, :;■" ■ ; l Mr.■'•Eraser■ - said!-. Mr. -Silverstone.s-sug-,,,■:/ 'estionV'ro two committees; vivas., ..worth .;. lonsidering;.;,; Alid >hile ■ Mr.; Trcgsar *r v , ioniilyKwas:also good,: they .were: there t0..,;;. levise *ays<for industrial umtyrand;for :<",. political '.unity.,' j:" He: looked .forward;- to -, ■.- :h« day when.the/ihdustriaUunion,would■;;;■.'• take "political" dotionW-hut; while ,in, poll?-,;, ;. tics .ho,' was a'-. Socialist, there.! were ■.men . ,;. in every industrial organisation," -includ-;-. ; in?" tho ; :Federation::pf.; Xalioury; who ■; did.K.: ; abt vote with' him -politically;., Bcqausa ■.... this'was sorit was easier.to •;. lustrially.' while SthoVihdustriaUorgamsa-;!,,, tion•t'emaihe'd<fr6e: from.; polite*:;As/i>;> members" of;the.working- class/ their-UK;,; , tercSts we're one,.and assuch heiWantea,; ,; an^n'dustrial.brganisation^that.wpuldi.bo,., ■ far more'powerful "than> all tho, members.,. of -Parliament.; .'; At:tho.. same, timo.tio ~ , actio'n.of a number of,«nscientipus,wor>;,. ; . ing^lass.inembsrs' in Parliament., during,,, the- Waihivstrike.;: $:'■*; "Wr>■ T {£;;.':: 'Mr. Doußlas-.''d)^Breed-;\vi^.Mr>,4rg.; ; .,.. near when it wa S! mp^iMe_tq ; ; , watersHe men ■ were;'divided, in ? , politics and thcir ; wlmioni but in their,. ■ unionism ■they-wOM.undjvidedj/^^a^/u; :.Mr. 'Eeid: said-the. unions.i.wcre.;formed... ,■. to ; -obtainMncrea^.in.wagej,,shprteninff,:; : ;; of:h6urs' and. dondition^,;.a.ndi^J«provmff;-;. the> status the ~ eo/it'sbemid" .no-- , /; stren'jrth: in-tho..c<iht6ntion 1 ;:.-tlwt v the»»...._. • things■irore-induslTial-anVj 1 . '. If thov tookindustrial .actionHhcy.wo"!?: •, ; Xavo-^*'. : .'talt«^.r»Hti<al':actioni!', : .f.He:.,pp^-.^ pbs'edrtho motion.;;;": -f. ;"'v .^-.;■.■■',■' -Mr.* Bireham - supported,.;-,-tl\e -" If .;thcy..had been .pMperly.-er*anis*b n.have M ;.-, the- unipniste^;/They;founA, rM . Hr« 5 .,; andiLabomsOmneils m*T'i : .- It was,lack', of *ilid; ¥«**VS MT' V ■■odvife;Austtalia\aftainrt--sup»r.hnK-. ; Hw .^#^H,2^ :: - ; .'V connection..with ;Wa hiiand; , they l had: xlone i '■' Mri^,>..diff«'ttnt:r&ult;.m^M^^ : h«rd at' 2 p:m. :f6r,tl\irly;minuVSj;,. < v<K,t.:;. : .Mr.'.llunt«r.'supportedth»:"mo!3on.'2n,«|, ; :.: said ther6' . ';■ tho. principle; of .tlie" motion: v; V-'M'^l■■■:■ ...At"this stage:;the conference'MJO^!WO;,;." ■; for lunohl',:'"■' ■■ ; -""--;>.:fe.V:•;•:■ ■Vv : .^>:.;'it«"; 1 /; '*■'■ Mr." C. ■R. Mackie,; ■' of -J. the y; NntipnaV;. Peace Council, addressed', wnfevtnccA ok - ■■■; ■the; Defence Act"oiid; niilitariP*... j .months ago;"hft "id, a; large, dMiutation;,',: 10(1.000 om'Sir'Joseoh-'Wardrand he Wt "that; -":, even mow than that, number: w,cre -rj'pre-,. '-.whtwV that dnv.'Ho:rcad v,list;of T vp/jw;- ; Unions and , -i3o«lal«t\:iViil.-.eHier v .r-;\r i t)ej % i!,;, that were .behind the iinti-milil? iistmiwe- ; ; I ment.""' The present Defence'.Act ,cut;,Ui©V,;;;

"-ground from under'the- feet of the do- :.'.'■ mooracy; A noted military officer "had 6aid militarism and democracy could not exist together, and. that opinion wis ;,. : general among military men, throughout the world. Previous to. the Imperial !'.-.■ Defence Conference of 1909 Sir Joseph Ward was against militarism, but Sir J. Ward came back from that conference -with the gonn'of the present Defence Act in his ppcket.Jho underlying idea being '.:"'■' to'create , a pan-Britnnnio militarism. The "defence" contemplated under the presont system' was in reality.aggression. ... :■- The Ad .was'not made in, New. Zealand.. , It'was formulatedin' England by'the -~ ';.-,-. National Service League. 'Only'yesterday, in.Ghristohurch, a;worker's son had had ,; , ■ his liberty and.his civil, rights token: j- away because he had dared to say he would not train to kill 'his,'fellow men. Only'recently Mr; Allen had - loft to at- - tend another Imperial . Conference,-;'and had gone for the express purpose ofmak- ■ ing an arrangement, to bo ratified by Par- •". i liament on his - return, without the people. ' being -consulted 'in • 'any 'way, and which, would-probably commit them to tome naval: scheme'; in ' connection with iy .: Australia, :'and Canada. They!..were.now' paying £3 Ss.. a day for General Godley's '.■: walking -Up and down, and they were going to be'asked to further pay for a ■'•' representative on- an ;Imperiat. Defence /' ■ Committee in London. Compulsory mrli- . '. tary training led to-thought along military lines, and when national crises came the; danger came.'from the focussing of thought on the military idea. Tho Imperialistic spirit : was that .which' vias. creating discord between Germany- and England and other countries? The Premier'; had said that in going Homo, 'to i niake those arrangements Mr. Allen was going with the mind,of the peonte of cho country, and. the Cabinet behind him. inis was pure assumption,- Ho (tho' . 6neaker) had had a correspondence with the .Lylteltoh. pointing out this danger, aml.that part was cut ont. Yet ■••■ , that editor and others had admitted the danger of secret,arrangements njade by colonial Ministers.' He' condemned tho .-.:. - making of any Act ignoring the 'conscientious objections,both.of parents,and children...ln Auckland recently a.parent forbade his son to enrol, and the boy and :-.•., father could be.fined.-Tbb wages of a boy can.be guarantee,for tho collection of tho tine;.and civil rights could be taken away .-.•v. and were taken away-foi-obeying his con-' ..--..■ science.: The boys .of the wdrkingclasses ate ...attacked' in this way, but the. boys' ;•■' J/ -Vthe classes, : had -never been' ■ attacked": in this way.'ln various con-, were-sent to the colleges, :'such «s Christ's, College.; This-.wasVdone ' -to enable,the.boys to train:as.officers-lhus the officers would not como from the.work- -'/- '"X classes, but from, the college, classes. - - / vVbat was wanted-.was a "body of opini-n------i Wen would insist on .the: removal of an ; Act tiie like of .which was'in no nart of • : the..British Empire, excepting) Australia; ,;.- rand New Zealand.".. If .it-were comptilsory '■• ■ to, make every boy. learn one.single trade/, ■■■•>■ , Jet,.it ..be-agripnUure; the -training: Was. not. given for >.physical culture, but' for militdnsni. The Act. did not give.a ••bi»h- ' ..:•.• idea of national-duty; it: merely trained ... New. Zealand .'boys to shoot'other boys. ' • No army /which New Zealand could fiainunder the Act would'be useful in -oppos-i ' ing a. large naval forcetwhich ruight>attacfc Nev;..Zcaland.;;:He asked' for confer- ! . snee.-.-.t0."; give '-/. av. distinct - expression >of ' jpinionthftt'-nnless; the Act war repealed trouble would-be-sure to follow.'; ' '■' ':■ x* A: 'V? Vot S- 6f thanks vwas' accorded ■•'Mr. .Jackie;-."--;. :.'■■','-•'•;,• .',,;:;.;;■;-,- :-:y: -. ■■.■■,: -Vv ; Mr.:.-J^Bro\vn'- was'- appointed',tosrepresent Aucklahd : bootmafcers implace ■■: . Watt,'.whochad.'to.leave-for home.' -.'■•,- ' \'-;' Mr.;..Dowgray was elected to'represent ■-..,-■ -KeMton miners. irt place: of' Mr. -'fagari, ; ;. ; who, had.to .'leave'On 'account 'of the ill-' -.-■ ness, of'his:mother.:•;<;::■:<:-;''::;,. ;■',.:• ', jJMt. ■;Mills rbso'io''opVse:'the.'motio : n: " '■f 6 -' there to help, to .consolidate the : ;• labour forces, of.New Zealand "into one.political and industrial body. ,' He cbuld' not understand 'how: any botfy.'bf 'inch.. could; vote against a, single industrial ; or"iffit was- to'.be .tinderslood . that the■ onei"big-union",idea"-was:'to •-.. -givej'-one .eiecativ'd saWemanehtte fie 0 , ■ •;,•■ would be' again'st'.'it,'-;: : If'it- mVa'aFS^mV' /.Lplo and effective.federation :,.of><all tho ; .'■': ;uinbn9,''he : 'wotild':fdvbur:it.£ ; ' - :; ■-': •'- :"-< "■' -,J^^%-'^'4''he-^esolu'aon'' : ri;eant 1 ...'••.,the unstitution-of" • ohe'-'orgabisa'tion' -bn-' „ the industrial field." The details were to . ~b* decided later.':.: The same thing''.'uu-' •. iplied to .political 'action.': > : > '• <■;■:' .•'■■*.'■'■. j supported 'the nibtionl'ln- •■'■■''' d y# r i?l organisation', was to bo the basis ... of : ; tiolitical. action. ■; As'S ; 'nativb"of Aiis-~ tralia he kueiv. the weaknesses of politi- -..,..;. cal'- aetiod, "where : industrial -sectionalism' . existed. - Organised solidly, they would-, " , probably be able to one day obviate the ~; necessity ;for. a national strike.!':-' '.•',■• '.-■■•":• ;.-• Air: Whiting ■■ opposed the motion. '■'■ He'.' ■.■:••■■ regretted .'tho ;Mt. . Young's v. .amendment.-..that rino'rningi.'/He- main--' . -tamed that'they .'must" take political ac-- : : tion, and : if he suppo:rted ; one' industrial .-organisation of the wbrkers'ahd'one polf-" ;.':.. 'tical organisation: 'he 1 would be doing' ■ somethingtbat'his'Union-hud been fight-' ',-.- ,mg against for years, l ' ■::.: -' ;.'':■.■••-' .. ;. ' Sir. H.'E- Holland said that the' con-' ■'.' ference seemed to be, getting, away: from .the..Question, at'issue.- -They.iVere dis-.-'.'cussing the; advisability bf'one :tion on:the industrial field, yet delegate. ™r delegate .dragged ill the-question of whether - political action was opportiiiio or. not, : One': delegate had "stated' that ' the.success-of the German working-class movement was mainly due to the work done on: the. political field.: :Th e h Mr. 'Whiting, equally .insistent oiv the -para-' mount importance, of political actionj had .-:' 6aid:that:the';workers' in-Germariy were .'organised'industrially, hs no'other''work-' : ers were;' 'and -if 'they had eqtmi efficiency on the political sphere,:they: could' accomplish their" object.-That was ah illustration of the confusion 'of thought' ; prevailing.: They-were asked to unite in one industrial, plus'politicnl, organisii-' .' tktn.". In 'lid' country' .in; the 'world had - the workers formed'such an organisation.' . ; •In no - country in' the '.world had .'such a' ;thing. been attempted, l -'•:• It was doomed ;,. ■to failure. ■ ;'.ln' Australia, 'where- polf-. /tics had intermingled with -and , prcdoirtv . inated over the industrial organisations, ..they had- the extraordinary ; ; spectaclo of ■:Labour. Governments "-gaoling -strikers.'. They-had Labour Governments gaoling'boys for .'refusing, to serve.in the military 6ervice..:Thcy had more, repressive Lab- : our .legislation' in -Australia '.under Lab- • our;than in.New-Zealand,under Liberalism.: All this-because the workers wore for-a time politically obsessed:'.-.'-What 1 was wanted-beyond "everything; else in . >iew.Zealand wa3 ; one strong'militant industrial organisation' of the wdrkers— ; n ,•■■:' short,'one big union.-' :In New Zealand, as in Australia, they had union-workers. ■;■;'- assisting, to .'defeat.their fellow-workers. ,: .Union men carried "scabs" ■ to Lithgow, ~' while Chinese,-against v.-hom: the--.White ; . , Australian cry was raised, refused.to serVe ..them with 'vegetable's. • -In : . Waihi, .the , "scabs" and police-were conveved there by ' union men, members of the Railway So- . ciety, It was not the fault:of these men; ■ but of the-loose'form of, industrial organisation- prevailing in Now Zealand. Under proper organisation,'it would be impossible tor such a deplorable state of aflairsto exist. If the workers were industrially organised efficiently,-Waihi would .have' : been won. Thero would have been no difference of opinion; no nAion detrimental to.the men.on strike would havo been embarked on.-- Certainly, let tho dead past bury;its dead,- but let them not- overlook the lessons ol the past. Let them.profit by their experience and failures. He supported the motion.- . : ~. .. .Mr. Jones said they must'organise to the point of production. The'industrial organisation-must contrdl the,-political. : Acts of Parliament placed on' the Statute Book were not so much for-the benefit of the Workers, as for the-benefit of the : ' lawyers. Any clnuso in any Act depended, for its success in operation 'on the strengfh'of the industrial organisation. ' The'mtoion was carried on'the voices by an: overwhelming majority, and the result was received with-ringing cheers. -. •'■ , .. ,Mr.' Hickey moved: "Tliat 'until 6Uch time as one , industrial organisation is brought into: existence, this conference, maintaining that the'solidarity of labour' is-a vital principle, affirms that in industrial upheavals by strikes (duly organ- ■ ised by; the controlling organisation) or * ( lock-outs, the delegates ;nt this' conference should urg? their unions to-bo behind the workers affected with - financial, , moral, and. if necessary,' other assistance." . . Mr. W.' M'Lcnnan seconded the motion, Mr. Mills moved as- an 'amendment: "That until such time as there is ft'eomplete organisation of all tho workers along: the lines of the'industries and occupation, in'which they are.employed, 60« king for the solidarity of Labour, this conference, urges that in all-cases 'of strikes'and lock-outs the Dominion organisation of the industry or occupation involved shall be the controlling organisa-' ! tion; and wh?re possible a ballot of all members of tho controlling organisation -.should be taken preceding an order to.

strike, and tho co-operation of other bodies shall.bo sought for through their Dominion organisation, and such support shall be asked for aftcr'nmple opportunity for deliberate notion, including the taking of a ballot after the same manner'as is suggested for tho controlling, body itself." Ho srtid the original motion left the matter of the calling of the strike quite out of the question, irrespective of the merits of the strike. lie desired that organisations, to be called upon to support the strike should bo given a voice in the calling of it. - Mr. Harris seconded the amendment. Mr. Yotmg moved that the dobato be 'ad]ourned pending the discussion of Remit jN'o. -7.' Ho wanted an affirmation of tho principle of.political action. ■ 'Mr. Semple seconded the motion of Mr. Young: ■■••■...■■ : Mr. Ross opposed the adjournment, bocause, he'feared it would brush aside what was to him a cardinal principle; .Mr, Ellis supported adjournment. ..' ; The motion : for adjournment was earned. •■ • • ■"■'

■ Mr., Ross-moved: "That,' recognising that political action is necessary and inevitable to the working-class" movement, we agree to the formation of a Political party for the enacting of; legislation to batter the condition, of tho working class, and"ultimately to achieve our emancipation.", Ho was fully conscious that such a party could only be a Socialist'party. In their industrial evolution they had reached the vergo of the social revolution. If the U.I.P. really stood; for Socialism it .should be recognised/that, a clear revolutionary pronouncement would do far more to bring along the working class than any progrnmmo of equivocation, the only .party ,worth while would be one based on Marxian philosophy, aJid declaring boldly for emancipation and for the full product for the labour that produces. i Mr. H. Hunter secondwl. the motion, ■'. Mr. Mills said the U.L.P. had 70 affiliation9,.and was entitled to • consideration. If tho U.L.P. had been consulted, .fully a hundred more unions might easily have been'' represented l there. ' Mr. Campbell opposed the amendment. In the original resolution they had something clear;, tho amendment would leave them 'where they would not know-where they ..stood. It practically proposed to 'bring them into the United Labour Party. He streniiousjy objected to the masterclass man being brought into the-indus-trial organisations. They were asked, by this amendment to come into'the same lino of organisation that had failed.them for 20 years past. ' Mr. Horohani supported tho motion:. Mr. Sullivan supported the motion. He said' the overwhelming majority of the workers were looking for this conference to.achieve industrial and political solidarity. They, already had the Socialist party and the United Labour party, and he would, only - support the creation of'an-othef-party'if it were to effect the merging of the two other parties. Hobelioved thebest : way to'prceeed. would be to consult both'the Dominion "Executive 'of the Labour'; party and the National Executive' of tho Socialist party. . ; ■ Mr. Larncy'opposed,' both amendment 1 and'motion.: ; .'■ ,-'-.. ■■:'■ ■•'. '..' .• ■■"■.'■

i Mr.■ • Hiclcey,:■■ supported,' the motion. Whatever ■" they decided, they would have to i consult the Easter Conference of theU.L.P.J, • and also the Easter. Conference of tho Socialist party.- They cduldnot bring about: unity in New Zealand by ooiiiiting- noses. ThsyAcbuld only gat it by recognising the need for unity} " ■ Mr> Idling "opposed tho amendment. If they got the pnnciplo of political unity affirmed,'-they, should' appoint a delega-' tiJii'tb'confer* ; with, the fJ.L.P. at itsEaster ■:■ Conference.'. .Later" he would' again move along ,fh'e lines of his amendment rejected "that morning. -,'>.. .Conference 'adjourned at 5.30. ' :'.