Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 1, No. 16 July 20, 1938
The Party's Policy
The Party's Policy.
At long last came the eagerly-awaited announcement of the policy of the National Party. It was to be a party serving all sections of the community, working in closest cooperation with Mother England (i.e., Joe Chamberlain), having as its basis the maintenance of the private ownership of land, private enterprise in trade, and touching solicitude for the man with the bawbees—"the forgotten man, the thrifty man."
An aggressive manufacturing policy would be adopted. Steps would be taken to increase industrial efficiency. Employers would be encouraged to pay more than the new minimum wage which would be established later. (We were not told how much smaller the new minimum wage would be.) Other points were stressed, such as the maintenance of pensions and gratuities at their present level.