FEDERAL POLITICS

Hokitika Guardian, 8 April 1931, Page 5

FEDERAL POLITICS

MR LANG’S POLICY THEODORE'S SUMMARY. (Australian Press Association.) SYDNEY, April fj. The Federal Treasurer, Mr Theodore summarises the effects of Lang's policy as follows;—(1) the destruction of confidence in Government contracts. (2) Encouragement of breaches of contract by private individuals. (3) Rclusul by taxpayers to pay taxation, especially those affected by interest reductions. (4) The rcdueiioii of interest to saving hank depositions. (J) I Transfer of money from New South Wales to other States, (fj) The curtailment of credit adversely affecting all branches of business. (7) Inability to raise loans for public works. (8) The possibilities of internal strife. (Received this da.v at S a.in.) MELBOURNE. April 8. The Prime Minister has modified bis statement in regard to the dissolution, cabled on Monday. He now says the Government w.jll persevere with the* fiduciary note issue Bill to provide money for wheat growers also unemployed. If the Sedate this week rejects the Bilk it wili bo fieiit back and alter tile prescribed three months llfive elapsed If again rejected the Guvt'hninOnt will ask for a double dissolution. Mr Scullin added that the dissolution of one House would not decide anything, and thus it will he three months or longer before the elections occur. PERTH, April 7. Mr A. McCollum, a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, who has returned from the Federal Labour Conference at Canberra. said the expulsion, of the Now South Wales Labour Executive was inevitable. It should have been done years ago. Sydney, lie said, had been a festering sore on the Labour movement for years. A coterie there formulated their own policy, one which in essence was fundamentally opposed to the Labour Movement. He had been told that the Lang repudiation plan had not been placed before the New South Wales Cabinet. The first movement that the Cabinet knew was when the plan was published in the press. Mr McC'allum added that there was no fear whatever of any other States following Air Lang

THE LANG CAMPAIGN. REPUDIATION POLICY SANCTION. (Received 10.20 a.m A SYDNEY, April 8. Tlie “Herald” says the Lang Party, having obtained the sanction of the majority of the New South Wales Labour Leagues for its Repudiation Policy, decided to carry its campaign into other Status with the object of making it the policy of Australia. An army of organisers, led by Lung, is going to Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and Queensland to propaganda meetings to secure the "Support of State branches of the Australian Labour Party.

It is regarded as certain and even stated positively in best informed Labour circles, that Lang, if successful, will enter Federal Politics probably by securing selection for Reid with the object of obtaining the leaderof the Australian Labour Party. Lang’s future depends absolutely upon the measure of success be achieves in bis Australian campaign. COMMONWEALTH REFIC’TTS. CANBERRA, April 8. The estimated deficits of the Commonwealth and State Governments for the current financial year will he more than £24,000,000 made up as follows: Commonwealth £12.000,000. New South Wales £8,000.000. Victoria £1 300 000 Queensland £300,000. South' ’ Australia £1,000,000. West Australia. £900,000. Tasmania £IOO,000. The accumulated deficits of Australia is expected to be about £40.000,000 and the Commonwealth deficit for the next financial year is approximately £15,000,000. SUPPORT' FOR MR LANG. LONDON. 'April 7. “Our comrade Lang has adopted a jolly good policy, which will give a fillip to internationalism.’ declared Air R, Tait, representing the north-east Divisional Council addressing aii Independent Labour Conference at Searborough. Some cries of dissent greeted Tait’s statement that Lang was acting on behalf of the workers, many of whom might be relatives of English workers, but the conference is clearly sympathic with his approval of Lang’s policy and the denunciaton of Snowden for consenting to the alleged rigging of the exchange against Australia. Tait accused Snowden of conspiracy with Sir Otto Niemeyer and British financial interests to depress the standard of living of the Australian workers.