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INDUSTRY AND CREDIT
ANOTHER LANG PLAN
THREE-YEAR POLICY
SYDNEY, Saturday.
Following the Premier (Mr.
Lang's) advocacy of socialisa
tion of industry and credit at
thn A.L.P. conference on Friday
, Mr. W. McNamara, hrother-in
lav of Mr. Lang, submitted al
last night's session a. definite
three years' plan by which to
attain this end. •
Mr. McNamara moved that the
nolicv \of the T^ahonr P.irtv for the
development of socialisation of in
dustry* should include:
, (a) Encouragement throned every
^olitica1 ' chain)el nf th" disnlamoment
of' craft unionism. by industrial
uniorns,v>.
(b") "Development by intensive and
extensive socialisation .nrbnaganda at
all '.times'-foWtion as ivell as other
times") of ideology favourable to
socialisation so tbat when the time is
ripe a political and economic change
from capitalism to ' socialisation m*5?
be accomplishorl, and parts of the
organisation ''(Executive, parliamentary
representative. .sub-committees,
branches. • affiliated tin ions and in
dividuals)', to, exert, their energies to
wards the accomplishment, of socialisa
tion. . - '
"SCCIAL TRANSITION",
(c) That a plan, to be known as the
"three years' plan of social trans
ition " ho propagated to provide for
government by regulations, such
regulations to aim at the establishment
in three years of a socialised 'State by
(I): Vesting in the people's govern
ment all rights, ownership and control
of all specified property; (2) Adminis
tration of all specified industries and
functions of government including
banking by .national and industrial
commissions and sub-commissions, with
direct workers' and producers' control
during, the three year period of trans
ition; (3) Establishment of compulsory
pools for the handling of the nation's
entire production; (4) Encouragement
of workers' and farmers* controlled
co-operatives. - .
industrial undertakings
Mr. McNamara said if' the motion
was carried he proposed to move that
details of the three years' plan be
worked out by the A.L.P. socialisation
committee in conjunction with the
A.L.P. Executive, the New South
Wales Labour Council and the Parlia
mentary Labour Party. He. urged ;that
i the Lang Government be immediately
asked to set up a select; committee of
inquiry to investigate industrial
undertakings. This would be in regard
to potential productivity and the num
ber of hour? necessary. for the workers
to produce sufficient to pay interest on
State debts and to. earn sufficient for
the purchase of commodities based on
the Federal basic wage.
■ Mr. McNamara claimed that by the
submission/of the plan the socialisation
cpmmittee had raised the level of this
year's conference from that of a mere
chaser of illusory reforms;
Mr. T. Holloway moved the adjourn-,
ment of the debate, which was agreed
to ■ on a division.
"EMBARRASS GOVERNMENT"
Several. speakers to-day expressed
thei opinion that it would be embarras
sing to the Government t° adopt such
a policy at the present time. The
socialisation committee's request to. be
reappointed for a . further twelve
months was rejected and a new com
mittee was appointed including three
new members. ...
Conference decided to debate the
socialisation proposals at a later date.
Mr. Lang told the conference that
the. Government had collected
& 2,312,465 in income and unemploy
ment tax and had expended £2,651,051
--more than £500,000 more than had
bieen collected. Mr. Lang said he
expected shortly to get financial relief
i from two sources.
1 The annual application for re-admis
j sion to. the mbvement by Arthur Grif
fiths was onee^ more defeated, but only
on the casting, vote , of the chairman.
Despite opposition from the Execu
tive conference to-night adopted the
r.eport without any vital amendment
by. J>0 votes to 48. . '
BOYCOTT THREATENED
Conference adopted the report of the
Australian labour army committee
recommending that all storekeepers
and business people, including news
papers, iiv any way supporting the All
for Australia league be boycotted.
Mr. P. J. Keller was to-night ap
pointed presidieut of the- A.L^P. to suc
ceed Mr. J. J. Graves, who has been
appointed; secretary.
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