POLICY OUTLINED

Hokitika Guardian, 25 May 1932, Page 5

POLICY OUTLINED

FEDERAL LABOUR

LANG’S POLICY DENOUNCED

(Australian Pi ess Association. J

(Received this day at 10.15 a. ln.)

SYDNEY', May 25. Mr Coates, leader of the Federal Lauour Party forces for the State elections, in a. broadcast policy speech, •said that New Smith Wales was toj !l t the cross-roads of her political de.-.tmy. Three alternative roads might he taken—the road hack represented by the po.icy of the United Austialia | Party; the road leading to a blind | alley, represented by the Lang Party; jor the road upwards towards social justice, and the preservation of Ausi iralian Labour Party’s policy. Air Coates attacked the Lang Gov- ' eminent for its policy of “intimidation and victimisation, repudiation, treachery and misrepresentation, industrial repression and tyranny.” He said : “We found no inspiration or hope in th 0 pclic-y represented by the United Australia Party. . We believe in the maintenance of widows’ pensions and family endowments, and the restoration ns soon as possible of those wage standards in the public iservioo which the Lang Government promised to restore. We will fight for a system of unemployment relief whereby payment in cash is substituted for the present dole.”

Mr Coates advocated the continuation of reduction of all interest charges by 22-1 per cent, and the continuation of the Moratorium Act.

TWO NEW BILLS PASSED

CANBERRA, May 25

The Houise of Representatives passed a Bill to amend the Crimes Act in order to provide power to de l with unlawful associations, and a Bill to amend the Immigration Act regarding the deportation of aliens.