LABOR CONFERENCE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 43, 11 July 1914, Page 6

LABOR CONFERENCE.

ATTITUDE ToWAIiDrJ MOLE-IN-SCHOOLS;. By Ttlegrapn -fro.--; Association. W\ kbigion, Yesterday. At to-day's silling of Uie conference convened by the. iHiicralo.n of Labor u motion was pas-ed protesting against any proposal to auljii.it the question of ttio JJiblo-in-Schools In n lvl'orenduui., lis it "regards 1 religious bcliels as a subject outside tl.'. uonLrol ol any majority." It wa, dceiiiid that, A. Kosser (Auckland) ;ii:.! 'H. Hunter (Clnistchurch) should represent Hie conference on a deputation to the I'rcmief from the National Schools Defence League ii)i(iii the l!iblc-iii-JSehoo;» question. Tlie following were appointed to form u deputation to a.-,'k die Minister of Justice foi tlit ivkase of tbe strike I prisoner-: A. LosSer (Auckland). 1). Column (Oisborne). J. IJomiellv (llawke , Buy), D. Aloiiasty (VVeliiiigton), J. Tiownsend' (Marlborough), ,). Dowgray (\Yo-t Coast), H. Hunter (Utntcrbury i, \V r . M'Ailcn (Otag'o), .!. M.liswcilcr (Sun Inland). DtiAE'riNG TUG UINSTITTTIOV Welling!,.,;. Thursday. According to the official report tha debate upon the proposed constitution was resumed after the luncheon adjournment. At the conclusion of the. deliberations the following clause was referred back to the committee l'ov redrafting. "District councils may be established wherever three or four unioiis are desirous of affiliating with the organisation, pro-.!,'c !'■■'■ >i the industrial centres of Auckland. Christchurch, anil Dnnediii, thei .■ ,-i'nail be ony one district council.'' The following clauses were adopted: i'■ \ in k obted'districts; or whcivever district councils are not practicable, any union may alliliate direct with the national executive or the nearest coun.il: [i>) The executive whidi shall consist of a president, vice-presi-dent, and secretary, liva-urer, together with an executive of nine members, shall be tile governing authority of all matters involving the national body. The members of the executive, exclusive of the officers, shall lie elected by the members of tbe affiliated bodies within each of file following districts: Auckland (one member), Duller and Grey (one member) Canterbury (one member), Otago (one member), Southland (one member, (J) The national officers shall be elected by a plebiscite of the w.'iole membership of the I ,;itcd federation of Labor bv a preferential system of voting. (4) 'District eoi'iicils shall consist of delegates from trade or industrial unions, ami shall -o far as practicable, be organised and governed on the lilies of industrial unions, i.l) District councils shall have ]iower to deal with all matters coming within tin' provinc" covered liv their actual affiliated unions, ]irovid'ed that all matters likely to involve.tbe uati >ual body shall bo -iibniitted to the central executive for approval. They shall have power to appoint any organisers deemed to be mvcssarv, at whatever salariescthey may think' fit. Ill) Representation of unions upon district councils shall be determined by the wmeil itself. The powers of bodies affiliated to district councils were under discus-ion when til" conference r<i-v at ."> n.in.