LABOUR PROGRAMME.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1974, 3 February 1914, Page 7

LABOUR PROGRAMME.

, CHANGE THE MIND OF THE NATION. TOWARDS SOCIALISM. By Teleirratih—Pree» Association—Conyriiht (Rec. February,3, 0.30 a.m.) , London, Fobniai-y 2. Mr. ftanisny Mac Donald, speaking at Glasgow, said that tho recent Labour Coilferonco showed for tho first time in tho history of the Labour movement in Great Britain that they had now united tho various sections of tho party.AVhat they wanted was to change tho whole mental attitude of tho nation towards Sooialisni, and from that standpoint direct) , tho , trades unionists' actions. Unless , bjg things were ahead they must maintain the civil liberty Of ,thc men. engaged in industrial disputes. Direct action- was unable to do that, as had Leon proved throughout tho -world during the .past twclvo months. Those connected with the Labour movement must bo far more careful in future about getting themselves mixed up in unauthorised strikes than they had) been heretofore. Mr. Holdcii, the prospective National and Labour candidate for announced tho formation of a national party, with headquarters at Manchester. Its programme was to sooure a legal minimum wage- of 30s. per Week for all adult men and women mi tho provinces and 355. j)er week in London for_a week of forty-eight hours, and also .pay during holidays, sickness, and unemployment, besides old ago pensions at sixty years. This was tho only -immediately practical proposal for.pfeventing strikes, allaying labour -unrest, and solving-tho' problem'of .poverty: