THE UPPER HOUSE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 208, 18 September 1937, Page 7

THE UPPER HOUSE

-Press A?an.-

Economic Security MORE MONEY FOR THE PEOPLE

(By Telegraph-

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WELLINGTON, Last Night. The Legisiative Council met at 2.30. Continumg ,tho Address-in-Reply debate, Hon. 13. Martin said that tlie- rrovious speaker had said that New Zealanders had politicaFand religious xreedom, and that was truo, but what was bettor was that thoy now had economic security, It had been said that the Government hau not, ereateu any new wealth, but it had done so insoiar as it had provided gootis and services. ThcGovernment 7s policy had led to more money roaching moro people, and the increased spenaiug power had ieu tu the production of niQra reai woalth. The Government was blamed for nox solving the un employment pxoblem, bui he had never hoard a member of Ihe" Government claim that the unemployment problem could • bo soived. Tno Government had .tackled the problem, but uuemployment would remain while the present economic system led jo machines displacing men, Hon, C. J, Carrington said that Mr. Martin had spoken like a member of ' ' another place 1 ' or like a candidate on the hustings. Ho did not wish to enter into a party dispute, but there were some things being done that wouH have futuvo consequences and it would be wrong to disregard those things. The people were being rogimented, dragooned and brought under the control of a bureaucratie Government. (Initiative was being destroyed, and the .people were having their independence t sapped, until .they wore open to any ipoiitical stunt or mass suggstion. Mj. 1 Martin had said that oQonomie security iwas of more .value jthan political and j religious liberty, but flint was not the 'case, Before the Government had gone 'mueh further Communism would ap- - pear in the open, and Communism and Fascism were the greatest menaces to democraey to-day. To meet that menace : the people shouid be encouraged to think and act for tlremselves, mstead of being forced to allow others to think for them. Tho Government 's housing scheme showed that .Ihe Gorernment was moving towards Bocialism. Big combines were being encouraged, becauso it would be easier to Bocialisc one big coneern than a' thousand small ones.