LABOR AND THE WELFARE LEAGUE.

Taranaki Daily News, 12 July 1919, Page 5

LABOR AND THE WELFARE LEAGUE.

FIGHTING SPEECH BY MR. PAUIi By Teleiwph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Dunedin, Last' Night. In reply to statements by Mr. Bkerrett at a meeting of the Welfare Lea* guc, Hon. J. T. Paul, President of the . Labor Party, saTB the party damtndl ■ that members of the Welfare League' and the men who finance, it shall ' up so that the people may know whose > welfare they are primarily interacted in; i Some. of them made huge profit* out of ; the war, some refused to place the country's welfare first in the dark'and difficult days of the war. Referring ; the opposition to Labor, Mr. Paul cay* < the Socialism, Anarchism, and Red Fed- . e Ism have all done their turn ai gob* ,:« lins To-day, Mr. Skerrett ping- his faith in I.W.W-isiß and Bolshevism aa the scarecrows to frighten sensible x 1 electors away from the Labor Party. 1 There is not a word of criticism of the Labor platform, but much indignation ; aid criticism. Development* in Au*- \ sia was a question for the elector*—not J whether Bolshevism in Russia was good , ;ij or bad, but whether the Labor Party's A platform was constructive and helpful in w this,critical hour. „ , I Discussing industrial developments, Mr', Paul says the labor Party was m|de j| necessary because men of Mr. Slairretfs X class had all the political power atid jj made laws in their own interests. The |j comparatively unrepresented class to-day j| are the people who are carrying on "this Jj indnstrinl development. This Alas* must have a larger representation. The Ln- .Jj •bor Party has a definite land poliey to "jj cheek the present deplorabb land aggre•oration and speculation, whereas the .1; Welfare League's proposals may meant ,; anything or nothing. The League's, proposal for electoral reform will pesnke J? every man of limited means who stands for Parliament. The I/ilior Party's '/Js plank for proportional representation se- 'i™ cures fair play and fair representation -'"v for all After quoting the price of coal and fire insurance, to dnracmstrate the Tain# {j of nationalisation. .Mr; Paul sari, the- & Welfare League is doomed to;, failure, '?|l because the hour for fundamental reforms has acrived, and the League is too ufl largely composed oft men obsessed with their own welfarMustead of the people's welfare. > ( flg