LABOR CONFERENCE.

Hokitika Guardian, 1 October 1925, Page 3

LABOR CONFERENCE.

f Australia & N.Z. Cable Association.] furthki; HKSin.rno.Ns. (Received this (lay at 9.30 a.inA LONGS, Sept. hO. The La hour Party Conferim e earn a! the executive’s resolution moved ; y )| r MacDonald, declaring only upon avowedly socialist principles, could worters < laim a fairly decent livelilm d. 'l’his met with an amendment byjcrgnson ((ila-gov,) declaring it was .necessary to organise workers lov a Ijgorous struggle to overthrow the capitalistic class. Tim amendment "as overwhelmingly deleated. Ihe Conference also carried a resolution dechriiig unemployment as only preventable by the seiontie co-ordination of \he nation’s economic resources, and indu.~ trial undertakings for the public good, instead of private gain, demanding the national adoption of the principle of a living wage as a first charge on industry, the adequate maintenance ol all unemployed and their dependants, pensions for aged and incapacitated v.o eors and widows with children . ini.-ung the school leaving age lo sixteen. w>ih maintenance grants and provision for training unemployed: demanding the (hnernmenl take steps lo assist a i’ rival of overseas trade and (loser •'(•■ lutions with Russia. The Conference over"helmiugly > foil tod a Communist motion to leer buck the paragraph in the executive's to port, dealing with unemployment. Gallagher (Paisley) in submitting 'he motion asserted the movement was being handed over to the middle class.’-. Mr MacDonald replying, said it was a libel to say the Labour leaders lad blank cheques from Moscow. It 'as time such slanders were faced. ITc <'°- clarcd nobody was less entitled to point the finger of scorn at himseli or an\ono else, from the viewpoint of vulgar display of wealth or riotous living, than the present Publish Communist leaders. The Left AVinge'rs attack m MacDonald in connection with the /inovieif letter had proved a fiasco. The l.pbotir Conference ee.mposile resolution on the subject, deman hug • inter-alia. an apology he sent to ’he Soviet Government and Zinovicff. v. as qp overwhelmingly rejected by a show of •%-jt- •hand-. I’T’HTIIICU DKCISION. LONDON. Seplemher 30. The Labour ('(inference adopted a resolution moved by Mr Cl.vncs, urging that steps he taken to ensure a closer political, economic relations between IJntain, Indian, and the self-governing Dominions and other States in the lu,tish Commonwealth ol Nations; requesting a survey of the land resources of the Umpire; the training of emi grants; condemning capitalistic exploitation of natives in the tropics and demanding Government control ot tic bulk purchase of food and raw matin - ials in the Dominions, in order to secure stable prices; the expounding of a scheme to encourage home production of food and resistance to Uritish farmers; recommending periodical conferen —. ccs representing the Socialist movement in the Commonwealth.