LABOUR'S POLICY

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 73, 17 November 1931, Page 7

LABOUR'S POLICY

official manifesto PLANNED PRODUCTION IN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY INDUSTRY CREDIT, MARKETS, INTEREST Mr. A. F. Moncur," Labour candidate for the Rotorua seat, supplies the following official statement of his party's policy. The statement is signed by Mr. H. E. Holland, Leader of the Parliamentary Labour Party, Mr H. G. R. Mason, Dominion president, and Mr. W. Nash, Dominion secretary. The Labour Party submits the following policy to the electors, and urges them to support and vote for the Labour candidates: — The establishment of a Central Bank with control of note issue, and the organisation of the banking system and credit resources with maximum facilities for use in primary and secondary production at minimum cost. Planned production of national requirements. Development ancj extension of land settlement. Co-ordination of all Government Departments — -associated with primary production to enable the fullest assistance to be given to the primary producer. Sup■plv of all necessarv fertilisers on

long credit, paymenf to be made in proportion to increased output. Promotion of reciprocal trade agreements with Great Britain and other eountries. Organisation of contracts for sale of New Zealand products overseas, with guaranteed undue fluctuations in prices, with ultimate stabilisation for given periods. Secondary Industries Maximum support to secondary industries. Investigation of markets overseas for New Zealand-manufac-tured products. Extension of Home haarkets for New Zealand products. Cultivation of, and assistance in, the promotion of the following industries: Coal carbonisation, flax products, motor assembling, assistance in re-organising woollen, clothing, boot, iron and other industries with a view ( to meeting the requirements of the

Dominion from its own factories, with adequate safeguards for economic prices. Construction, maintenance and metalling of baekblocks and other roads. Co-ordination of motor, railways and shipping systems with a view to supplying the most economical services at' the lowest cost. Reduetion of interest and rent charges with right of appeal by mortgagee and property ■ owner to prevent hardship. .. Unemployment

Immedmte provision of productive work to enable unemployed to earn sufficient to maintain themselves and their dependants, with ultimate transference to ordinary productive employment. The Labour Party will: — Re-introduce the graduated land tax on large land holdings. Maintain the Conciliation and Arbitration system for the negotiat'on and settlement of differences and disputes between employers and employees. Maintain existing educational, hospital and pension facilities. The call to all electors is for the expansion of industry so that those at present unemployed may be once more absorbed in industry, earn their own living, and make their own homes. The natural resources are available — the human resources are at present idle — the Labour Party believes that it can command the credit which will link the human with the material resources. With the maximum encouragement to private ihitiative and the careful, co-ordinate planning of our requirements and production, we can start the Dominion once more on the road to prosperity which is the rightful due of all our citizens.