The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-26
COMMUNISTS IN
AUSTRALIA HAVE
OWN CANDIDATES
Refused AfiliatiOn to
the Labor Party
BY W. FRANCIS AHERN,

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SYDNEY, Australasia a confer
enoe Of the Communist Party OF Aus
tralla, held at sydney, IL was decided
to run Communist candidates In the
Forthcoming New South Wales cleo
tlons and In the senate federal par
llament) elections at the end Of 1925.
This decision was made because of
the refusal Of the Australian labor
party to admit Communists to ahilia-
ton in that party Communists took
the view that having been denied afr
hation by the Australian labor party
other action must be taken to give
expression to Communist principles.
Contest Four Seats.
The Communist candidates will con-
test four of the leading industrial
seats in the N. S. W. elections. In
those constituencies where no Com
munist candidates will stand, the
Communists will support the labor
party candidates.
The conference resolved that all
Communist parliamentary candidates
must place a signed undated resignar
ton with the central executive of the
Communist Party to be put into force
should they fail to remain true to
Communist principles, if elected to
parliament. It was also resolved that
the salary and fees Of any member of
the party elected to parliament must
be the property Of the party, the CEN
trail executive to renumerate members
out of same.
Urge Pan-PaeIhe Conference.
The conference also resolved that
congress representing all countries
bordering around the Pacific Ocean
should be held during 1895 for the pur-
pose Of securing concerted action to
preserve peace in the interests Of the
working class. It was suggested that
the congress be held at Sydney, and
convened by the council of action of
the All-Australian Trade Union Con-
gress. If the council Of action fails
to issue invitations before March 81,
1925, then the labor council of New
South Wales should be the convener.
The conference has decided that the
following partial program shall be put
forward by the Communist Party
candidates in parliamentary elections:
Planks From Program.
1. A minimum wage Of $50 per
week for all workers, irrespective of
sex; payment of the full basic wage
to all workers in the event of sick.
ness, accident, or unemployment; a
six-hour day and lve-day week.
2. Absolute preference to union
lists and no open shop; abolition Of
all scab and non-union bureaus; con-
troll Of the registration Of the unem-
ployed by the trade union movement,
and the replacement Of the existing
government labor bureaus by indus
trial bureau directed by labor and in
dustrial councils.
3. Reinstatement of all railway and
tramway workers victimized during
the general strike in 1917, with full
seniority rights and compensation.
4. Free access to all jobs at any
time for all accredited trade union
delegates, who shall be made honor
AIRY inspectors, with the full powers
Of Industrial inspectors under the ar
bitration act.
5. Safety first in all mines, with
the provision Of the latest technical
devices.
s. Full upkeep of children until the
earning age, and motherhood endow-
ment.
z. The extension Of the system of
state education TO include training for
industry, such training to take the
place Of the present apprenticeship
system; the school leaving age to be
extended to Is years of age.
This platform will be added to and
adjusted by the newly-elected central
executive OF the Communist Party.
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