CONFIDENTIAL  NOT FOR RELEASE UNTIL 8.00 P.M. on Thursday, 7th NOVEMBER, 1963.  Delivered by Federal Parliamentary Leader, Democratic Labor Party, Senator GEORGE R. COLE, at 8 p.m. on Thursday 7th November, 1963, in Festival Hall, Brisbane.  Ladies and Gentlemen:  This election makes history. It is the first Australian election in which foreign policy, security and defence, are primary issues. The DLP which said these issues were vital at the l961 election welcomes the change. It shows Australia’s maturity in that we now debate and decide our own foreign policies rather than follow imperial decisions.  It also vindicates the DLP fight, since 1954, for recognition that the issues of foreign policy, security and- defence, must be adequately provided for if Australia is to survive.  Fifty DLP Parliamentarians, Federal and State, over the past ten years, sacrificed their seats and careers for this same cause.  Thousands of DLP rank- and file- supporters preferred their country security to old political associations and-friendships.  They have not made their sacrifice in vain.  Australia has, at last, been alerted to the danger.  EXPLOSION FROM ASIA  Before World War II, there was between us and the rest of the world, particularly the teeming Asian world, a protective screen. We had British forces in India; Burma, and Malaysia, the French in Indo-China, the Dutch in the East Indies, the Americans in the Philippines. That screen has vanished and at our doors thanks to modern air transport and communications, is overcrowded Asia, discontented, extremely nationalistic, hungry and facing a population explosion, which must intensify her troubles.  SOME YEARS AGO, RUSSIAN DICTATOR, KRUSHCHEV TOLD A BRITISH REPORTER THAT IT WAS INEVITABLE THAT OVERCROWDED ASIA WOULD SPILL OVER. HE SAID THERE WERE ONLY TWO UNDERPOPULATED AREAS AVAILABLE, SIBERIA IN HIS OWN COUNTRY, AND AUSTRALIA. “NATURALLY”, HE SAID, “I SHALL ENCOURAGE THEM TO SPILL”.  SOUTH EAST ASIA DRIVE  That explains aggressive Communism’s South East Asia drive, which has swallowed Tibet, the Indian frontier areas, Burma's frontier, North Vietnam, North Korea and part of Laos and Cambodia.  It explains Communism’s strength and subversion in such areas as Singapore and Indonesia. It underlines Australia’s danger if South East Asia falls. The figures speak for themselves.  Australia has 11 million people in a vast continent, underpopulated and underdeveloped. Red China has 700 million, India 400 million, the Philippines 26 million, South Vietnam 14 million, Malaysia 8 million, Thailand 26 million, Japan 94 million, Indonesia nearly 100 million. When Mr. Calwell calls for firm action by Australia's almost unarmed 11 million against Indonesia’s 100 million, armed by Russia, one may well ask – “What with?”.  WHAT MUST AUSTRALIA DO ?  At the 1961 Federal election, Mr. Menzies declared in his Policy Speech that Australia’s defences were in satisfactory shape. Mr. Calwell categorically stated in his policy speech that, if elected Prime Minister, he would not spend a penny more on defence than the Menzies Government.  Both now realise they were wrong, but we may ask Mr. Calwell, whom only this  election has made defence-minded, will his Left Wing masters let him carry out his defence promises.  Democratic Labor in 1961 was the only political party to call for strengthening of Australia's defences.  In 1961 our policy was, and still is in the present security crisis:  - THAT AUSTRALIA'S DEFENCES BE DOUBLED IN THE THREE YEARS OF THE NEXT PARLIAMENT.  - THAT OUR PERMANENT FORCES BE INCREASED, AND OUR MILITIA REORGANISED TO PRODUCE THE LEADERS NECESSARY FOR EXPANSION.  - THAT ESSENTIAL DEFENCE INDUSTRIES BE PROTECTED AND ENCOURAGED.  - THAT THE EXPANSION INCLUDE NATIONAL SERVICE. WE STAND FOR A NATIONAL SERVICE PLAN TO BE PREPARED BY MILITARY AND ECONOMIC EXPERTS, WITH THE PRO.  The Democratic Labor Party welcomes the decision since the 1961 election of the Returned Soldiers League, which supports no political party, to advocate doubling our defences and national service.  The DLP welcomes the discovery made in this election by the Liberal, Country and Australian Labor Parties that in 1961, the DLP policy was right, and Australia needs stronger defences.  POWERFUL ALLIES NEEDED  We need, however, not only defences - but powerful allies.  Democratic Labor recognises that Britain, weakened by her noble sacrifices in two World Wars, and by changes in the character of the British Commonwealth, can no longer offer Australia the assistance and protection on which we once relied.  Therefore, the American Alliance is to Australia all important.  Believing that whatever legitimately associates the United States with our defence is to our advantage, the DLP supports the agreement for a U.S. Communications Base in West Australia. If DLP preferences had not blocked an A.L.P. Government in 1961, there would not have been a Base.  In the 1961 Federal election when, as the result of the policies of the Credit Squeeze, the Liberal vote collapsed, there is no doubt that had it not been for the DLP, there would have been a Calwell Government with a majority of approximately twenty seats. And what would the result have been?  In March of this year, you would have had in office a Government which could not have signed the Agreement with the United States to establish the Naval Communications Station at North West Cape.  There was no possible hope of such an Agreement being signed because the A.L.P. Federal Conference would not have permitted it, and Mr. Calwell would have been powerless to influence their decision.  Whatever veneer of moderation was imported into the decision ultimately taken by the A.L.P., was due to the fact that they were out of office and that an A.L.P. majority absolutely against the base would have been politically ruinous to the A.L.P.’s future prospects.  Even then, seventeen votes out of thirty-six, were totally against the Agreement with the United States. Imagine the situation had they been in office, without the need to cultivate and reassure the electorate in order to get into office.  Should efforts by certain A.L.P. and Union elements continue to hold up construction of the Base by a ban on security checks on workers, necessary to prevent Communist spies obtaining employment there, the DLP will support legislation to enforce legitimate security arrangements such as the Chifley Government imposed at the Woomera rocket range.  NUCLEAR TRAP  The DLP regrets that the Australian Labor Party, while professing lip service to the American Alliance has fallen for the trap laid for it by Communist influences in the Trade Unions, who induced the A.L.P. to adopt the proposal for a nuclear free Southern Hemisphere. Mr. Whitlam has admitted that the proposal would be ineffective, without adherence of Indonesia and even Red China, yet his Party, bedevilled by its Left associations retains the policy.  It is clear that Communists insist on the nuclear free Southern Hemisphere plan because they know that the logical conclusion of such a plan is no American Bases in Australia, and without American nuclear arms, Asia and the Western Pacific will be dominated by Red China.  The DLP’s policy on nuclear weapons is:  - that while we do not require them at present, we must reserve the right to hold them especially for retaliatory defence, if required.  - that only world disarmament, both nuclear and conventional, can be effective.  DEFEND MALAYSIA  Democratic Labor welcomes Malaysia and endorses Australia's commitments to her defence.  If there had been a Calwell Government in office at the beginning of this year, the Australian troops would have been withdrawn from Malaysia, for in January, Mr. Calwell himself, demanded that the Australian Battalion should be recalled and stationed at Darwin.  The DLP saved Australia that.  The DLP believes our contribution, though pitifully small, in troops to the Commonwealth Strategic Reserve in Malaysia, through the Air Force in Thailand, and through Army Instructors in South Vietnam, to the defence of South East Asia against aggressive Communism must be maintained.  Provided our contribution is not extended so much as to leave us without reserves, it is fully justified.  Without such a contribution how could we establish our claim to assistance, should we be attacked later. In any case, South East Asia could be our Front Line.  Democratic Labor supports collective security alliances with which Australia is associated, such as ANZUS and SEATO.  Criticism that SEATO is a paper tiger has had some justification, but the remedy is to give it teeth, not as Mr. Calwell suggests, to reduce it to a cultural organisation.  FRIENDSHIP WITH ASIA  The DLP does not believe our relations with Asia should be based only on military or defence considerations.  As Asians are our neighbours we should seek friendship with them.  PACIFIC CONFEDERATION  THE DLP BELIEVES, AS IT SAID AT THE 1961 ELECTION, THAT AUSTRALIA SHOULD LEAD IN INVESTIGATION, ENCOURAGEMENT AND ULTIMATE FORMATION OF A PACIFIC CONFEDERATION OF NATIONS WITH SIMILAR POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND MILITARY INTERESTS TO OUR OWN.  THE DLP REALISES THAT DIFFERENCES IN STANDARDS OF LIVING, CULTURES AND ECONOMICS, ARE OBSTACLES TO EARLY FORMATION OF A PACIFIC CONFEDERATION AS CLOSE AS THE EUROPEAN COMMON MARKET, BUT DLP BELIEVES, AND IS STRENGTHENED BY THE SYMPATHETIC ATTITUDE OF PACIFIC LEADERS, THAT INVESTIGATION WILL REVEAL AVENUES OF ASSOCIATION AND CO-OPERATION ALREADY, WHICH COULD ULTIMATELY LEAD TO THE IDEAL OF A PACIFIC CONFEDERATION.  SUCH AN ASSOCIATION, APART FROM DEFENSIVE ADVANTAGES, COULD WELL COMPENSATE US FOR DECLINING MARKETS IN EUROPE.  IT WOULD ALSO BE A POWERFUL FORCE FOR PEACE IN THE PACIFIC.  HUMANIZE IMMIGRATION LAWS  The DLP also proposes to strengthen our friendship with Asia by:  - welcoming to our schools and universities more of the Asian students who have been powerful ambassadors of goodwill.  - humanising our immigration laws by, for example, repealing the ban on an Asian employee in a business in Australia, being joined by his wife and children, until he has been here fifteen years.  - increasing our aid to Asia through such avenues as the Colombo Plan. The figure often mentioned of 1% of our national income would not be too much. If the democratic nations could help Asia industrialise and raise her standard of living, Australia would have no worries about markets for our primary products.  - finally, we should increase our diplomatic and trade representation in friendly Asian countries. It is regrettable that we discriminate diplomatically against Free China (Formosa). We should be represented by an Ambassador.  The DLP opposes recognition of Red China, because that country fails to observe the rules, which entitle a country to diplomatic recognition.  The latest decision of UN supports our view.  The DLP strongly supports the latest trade agreement with Japan which, statistics show, will soon become our best customer. The agreement has been valuable to our primary industries, whilst reasonably safeguarding our Secondary industries.  IS A DLP VOTE EFFECTIVE ?  Before turning to our constructive policies, let me answer the question often asked – Is a DLP vote politically effective?  Every vote which has been cast for the DLP from the day of its formation in 1955 until today has been, politically, a most effective vote in Australia.  It has, in the first place, been a decisive vote in determining the Government of Australia. The DLP, by its preferences, has maintained the present Government in power, not because it approved the Government's policies, but because the only alternatives were the Government or the A.L.P.  Faced with that choice, we could make no other decision.  Better a Liberal Government with all its faults and failings, than an A.L.P. Government run by a Federal Conference, with policies often indistinguishable from those of the Communist Party.  PREFERENCE RESPONSIBILITY  How could we mark our preferences so as, in fact, to take the moral responsibility of putting into office a Government effectively dominated by Mr. Chamberlain? How could we take the moral responsibility of giving the power of Government to a Party whose Federal Conference includes men like Mr. Waters, who has urged the amalgamation of the Labor Party with the Communist Party?  Like Mr. Nolan, who on one of his Russian tours, has been made an Honorary Member of the Soviet organisation, the "Pioneers?" Like Mr. Whitby, who only this year, said that the A.L.F. and the Communist Party were both “workers” parties?"  Like Mr. Stout who said that, while he voted A.L.P. placed the Communists second on his ballot paper?  Like Brebner who two years ago, with Mr. Stout, handed the Yallourn Trades and Labour Council over to a Communist A.L.P. Unity Team.  How could we place in power a Government, whose leader would be compelled to humiliatingly wait in a hotel yard for his orders from such an.  ON THE 16th MAY THIS YEAR, MR. CALWELL HIMSELF SAID IN THE PARLIAMENT THAT IT WAS THE FEDERAL CONFERENCE WHICH RAN THE LABOR PARTY AND THAT EVEN JO CURTIN COULD NOT CHANGE THE PARTY’S POLICY ON CONSCRIPTION DURING THE JAPANESE WAR WITHOUT CALLING A FEDERAL CONFERENCE TOGETHER.   IF THAT IS SO, AND THESE MEN DOMINATE THIS FEDERAL CONFERENCE, HOW CAN WE BE EXPECTED TO PUT THEIR PARTY IN POWER?  CLEAN UNITED LABOR MOVEMENT  A vote for the DLP is effective in another way.  It is the most effective way of cleaning up the Labor movement. For it is an open secret that many prominent members of the A.L.P. Parliamentarians and others, now realise that their party cannot govern so long as the A.L.P. - DLP split lasts.  They realise that the DLP has one quarrel with them - pro-Communist policies and the presence of these United Fronters with the Communists, in the top ranks of the Party.  If the A.L.P. is defeated once again on November 30th, these influential leaders of the A.L.P. will realise that they have no alternative but to cleanse their party of Communist influences from top to bottom, both as to policies and as to individuals.  The DLP has always made it clear that when the non-Communist section of the A.L.P. moves to cleanse the ranks of the Party, it will not withhold its help.  Until then, the main pressure to induce these members of the A.L.P. to undertake the long overdue task of cleansing their ranks is a strong DLP vote, and tight DLP preferences.  A vote for the DLP is the most effective and meaningful vote in Australia today.  INTERNAL POLICIES & DEVELOPMENT  In internal affairs, the objective of the DLP is "Property for the People." We oppose both Private Monopoly and State Monopoly, or Socialism.  The DLP in accordance with its objective, stands for a just wage, full employment, home ownership, farm ownership, protection of the small business man. The DLP believes that the family should have first priority in legislation.  The DLP is for Social Justice.  IN DETERMINING ELECTION POLICIES, THE DLP BELIEVES IT IS NECESSARY TO DETERMINE PRIORITIES.  IN OUR VIEW, PRIORITIES FOR GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE SHOULD BE:  (1) DEFENCE AND SECURITY.  (2) DECENTRALISATION, DEVELOPMENT, IMMIGRATION, WHICH SUPPLEMENT DEFENCE AND SECURITY, AND STIMULATE THE ECONOMY.  (3) THE FAMILY – HOUSING, EDUCATION, CHILD ENDOWMENT, MATERNITY ALLOWANCES, NATIONAL INSURANCE.  POLITICAL PARTIES HAVE EXTRAVAGANTLY TENDED TO ADVOCATE IN ELECTIONS A WIDE VARIETY OF POLICIES WITHOUT REGARD TO COST. THE D.L.P STANDS BY THE PRIORITIES ABOVEMENTIONED. IN REGARD TO OTHER DESIRABLE POLICIES WE ADVOCATE, THEIR IMPLEMENTATION MUST DEPEND ON AVAILABILITY OF FINANCE.  TO STRESS THAT IS TO BE REALISTIC.  SOCIAL POLICY  Our social policy puts first the needs of the family man. It calls for a Contributory National Insurance Scheme at once.  This will give all citizens the opportunity of providing for sickness, accident, unemployment, invalidity, death of bread-winner, and old age.  We stand for an Independent Tribunal to determine just rates of social service payments, such as pensions, unemployment payments, etc., thus taking these services out of policies.  We will increase the maternity bonus for the first child from £15 to £30, and the second child from £16 to £32. All others to be increased from £17.lO.Od. to £35.  At the same time, we will increase child endowment payments from l0/-d. to 20/-d. in the case of the second, third and fourth child, to 22/6 for the fifth child, and thereon increasing by 2/6d. for further children up to a maximum of £2. 0. 0d.  We support liberalising of the Means Test with a view to its ultimate abolition.  We will extend full social service entitlement to all naturalised citizens.  NATIONAL HEALTH  The DLP believes that there should be some national responsibility in regard to the mentally ill. We, therefore, propose that the Federal Government should make an allocation specifically for use in the treatment of the mentally ill by the States which at present, cannot give either adequate humane treatment.  The DLP, believing prevention better than cure, believes in provision of a voluntary full medical check up for every citizen annually, at Government expense. This has never before been advocated in Australia, but its value to Community health would be incalculable.  DENTAL SCHEME  The DLP is very conscious of the dental needs of the Nation and supports demands for legislation to see that the children of Australia have adequate dental treatment.  The DLP believes that all children under the age of twelve, should have the cost of treatment carried out by qualified dental practitioner subsidised in the same way as medical treatment is subsidised today.  EMPLOYMENT and ECONOMIC POLICY  Democratic Labor is keenly aware that Australia faces critical economic problems.  Liberal economic policies have been changing from day to day, baffling industry, inhibiting expansion and planning and contributing to widespread dislocation, unemployment, and loss of confidence at home and abroad.  While the A.L.P. merely mouths political catch-cries with no real human appreciation of the depth of the problem, Democratic Labor is pledged to go straight to the heart of the crisis.  It will develop a self-reliant Australian Nation of free men and women in full recognition of the States existence for the benefit of the individual.  We urge the use of budgetary, banking, and credit policies to encourage both capital and labour into primary and basic industries, to lift our export income and mould a sound and expanding economy.  We advocate a fact-finding Commission to study and report on secondary industry under these classifications:  - Industries valuable to defence and exports.  - Industries which save expenditure on imports.  - Industries which are not essential.  A tariff policy will then be clearly established on the Commission’s findings to cover Australia's requirements and to curb monopoly and increase competition and efficiency.  We will give priorities in credit and investment to primary production; steel, mining, transport, power, building and heavy engineering.  We will stimulate exports.  Loans by banks at special low rates of interest will cover the needs of local authorities, housing, export, new industry and decentralised industry.    EDUCATION   In the field of education, Democratic Labor is appalled at the fact that Australia spends only 1.6 of national income on education, compared with 3.4 per cent in England, and 4 per cent in the U.S.A.  We advocate immediate Commonwealth assistance to all forms of education in all States, with larger financial grants to satisfy present need.  The DLP, the first political party to advocate this policy, is happy that others are slowly seeing its justice.  Without limiting State responsibility in education, Democratic Labor advocates student endowment for each child attending a private school.  Our educational policy is based on the United Nations Declaration of human rights which guarantees parents a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given their children.  We advocate an increase of facilities for adults desirous of obtaining higher education and will increase the sustenance at present paid to University students and liberalise the Means Test for this aid.  HOUSING  Democratic Labor insists that the only real solution to the Austral housing problem is for the Commonwealth and State Governments in cooperation to develop and implement a National Housing Plan.  Democratic Labor would set up such a Scheme to guarantee, through an appropriate agency, up to 95 per cent of all housing Loans up to £5,000.  We would make every effort through the Commonwealth Bank to encourage other banks and financial institutions to make available a reasonable ratio of their funds for housing at a minimum possible interest rate.  We would give every assistance to cooperative housing schemes and stimulate efforts for the production of standardised and, therefore, cheaper building materials.  TAXATI0N  Democratic Labor would abolish payroll tax as an impost on initiative and enterprise and an unjustifiable loading on the cost of living, particularly for the family man.  We would allow as income tax deductions, the full amount of reasonable school boarding fees, the cost of hospital and medical expenses not otherwise reimbursable.  We stand for the standardisation of death duties throughout the Commonwealth.  MIGRATION  Democratic Labor believes that Australia's national development and survival as a free nation depends largely on a courageous migration program.  We, therefore, advocate the maximum intake of migrants with particular emphasis on the migration of family groups.  We would give special encouragement to those migrants best fitted to National Development, especially in meeting the needs of rural assist in industry.  The chain migration of relatives of migrants already settled in Australia is regarded as essential, as is a more reasonable balance between the sexes.  Democratic Labor would encourage particularly, the migration of complete industrial undertakings and of people with special and technical skills.  We favour an increase in the quota of disabled, aged refugees and orphans.  Our policy is to grant permanent residence to these classes of Asian nationals:  - Those already admitted under existing immigration laws, with their wives and families.  - Graduates of Australian universities; technical colleges and institutions.  Democratic Labor's policy would be to increase the present nominal migrant intake of 125,000 a year, to a higher figure which is essential for our development and survival.  DECENTRALISATION and NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT  Decentralisation of industry and population, and ultimately of administration and ownership, is an essential ingredient of any balanced, progressive plan of National Development.  We propose that the taxation structure be altered so that the decentralisation of industry and population can, and will, occur. We do not intend that the Government should take an extra penny out of the national income. We consider that the Government already takes far too much already.  But we do say that the manner in which the Government raises its revenue can be altered so that decentralisation will occur. We propose that income tax, company tax, and sales tax, should be reduced and a decentralisation tax imposed to balance the budget.  It is our policy to provide low interest long-term shifting and setting up loans for industry moving to rural areas and to help supply them with cheap power, and housing, health and education facilities, as populations develop.  The DLP would make special taxation rebates for decentralised industry.  We strongly favour the setting up of new ports to serve primary and secondary industries in their hinterlands, and will develop the necessary communications.  We support the establishment of new States in areas placed at a big disadvantage in their development by centralised political and economic control.  We would make a special drive to progressively open up end exploits our huge undeveloped northern areas, and with this in view, would immediately appoint a Northern Australian Development Commission as a Statutory Body, comprised of representatives of the Federal, Queensland and Western Australians Governments, and of the Northern Territory.  The Commission would be supplied with funds to survey the natural resources and communication needs of the area and to plan for stage by stage development.  Special attention would be given to mineral potential, the meat industry, and rice and other crops, which can make us the Supermarket of Asia.  AGRICULTURE  We strongly support all organised marketing of primary produce and would give particular aid to primary industries such as tobacco, in which Australia is not self-sufficient.  It is our plan by a series of vigorous export drives, particularly through South America and South East Asia, to build up new income from our pastoral and agricultural products.  Wool:  The Wool Industry, which is so vital to Australia's economy, is handicapped in coping with the synthetics threat, by disunity among growers on the vital issues of marketing and promotion.  The DLP will support measures, legislative and administrative, for the good of the industry, which are recommended by experts and accepted by growers as a whole.  The DLP favours legislation, if necessary, to prevent adverse influences such as extensive and uncompetitive pyre buying and we are diametrically opposed to the centralisation of wool sales.  We would crack down with the full force of government on any moves by any interests to sabotage sales at outer selling centres.  Wheat:  The DLP endorses the Wheat Stabilisation Plan, including the guaranteed home consumption price.  Dairying:  The DLP realises that there are many problems facing the dairying industry, conspicuous amongst which are the high price of dairying land, and the rising cost of production.  We appreciate that the industry must receive assistance.  We believe that representatives of all sections of the industry must be called together to work out a rehabilitation program for the industry.  Democratic Labor will sponsor such a move.  Until this is done, we will fight any move to withdraw the dairy subsidy, as such withdrawal at present would be disastrous for the industry.  Beef:  The DLP believes that there is a splendid market with great future potential for high grade Australian beef.  We will have that market investigated and growers will receive advice and assistance in how best to capitalise this opportunity. Additionally, we believe that this industry, with government advice and assistance, has a big future in Asia.  Expansion of beef production will go hand in hand with development of the North.  MONOPOLY and the SMALL BUSINESSMAN  I would like, at this stage, to draw the urgent attention of every Australian to the power which has taken place over the past few decades to a greater degree in Australia than any other country of the world.  One firm dominates the steel industry, another the glass industry, another seventy per cent of the paper industry, and a fourth fifty per cent of the rubber industry.  Additionally, there were nearly twice as many mergers per one thousand companies in Australia as in the United States since the Second World War.  Democratic Labor will enlist the cooperation of the States and seek whatever constitutional reforms are necessary to attack Australian monopoly, and we will reform the machinery of the Australian Industries Preservation Act.  We will legislate against price-fixing rings, collusive tendering, and such crimes against them.  In these circumstances, the small businessman was never more in need of an alert political champion.  The monopolies threaten to deprive him, not only of his business, but of his life’s capital.  Democratic Labor is his champion.  POSITIVE ASSISTANCE  We will not only attack the octopus groups robbing him of his independence, but we will also positively assist him:  - By giving Government backing to a Federal Small Businessmen’s Association which will provide him with research facilities, training in management technique, technical and financial advice.  - The Association will give reports on marketing trends to permit him to compete on reasonably fair terms with big companies which already have these advantages.  - By sponsoring of cooperative buying facilities to put him on equal terms in the rates at which he can buy.  - By ensuring him facilities for low interest finance.    INDUSTRIAL   Democratic Labor is the only party with a plan for peace in industry and the ability to carry out that plan.  We will give the wage-earner full employment and security in his job, while preserving industrial peace.  We will give full encouragement and support to the in the Industrial Groups in defeating Communism in the Trade providing strong and enlightened Union leadership.  We stand for a new era in industrial relationships with all workers sharing in the profits of industry.  Unlike the A.L.P. policy of sharpening the class war, and the Liberal policy of spoils to the victors, Democratic Labor will develop a new co partnership in industry.  Democratic Labor's wage policy would guarantee wage levels rising with productivity, and will assure a fair share of the benefits of automation to workers.  We would immediately legislate for the right of unionists to con tract out of political levies and affiliation fees.  We support the right of trade unionists to have ballots in their Unions cleanly conducted by impartial electoral authorities, and will strengthen the Clean Ballot Legislation to prevent intimidation of Unionists invoking it.  We are in favour of upholding the Clauses of the Crimes Act to maintain industrial discipline, provided they are applied equally to employers and employees.  CONCLUSION  We invite those critics who smear the DLP as a splinter party, that a DLP vote is wasted, to look at the figures.  One Australian in ten votes DLP.  Our Senate vote rose from 385,000 in 1958 to 472,000 in 1961.  Half a million good Australians who vote DLP cannot be a splinter neither can their votes or preferences be ineffectual. They decide governments.  I hope you will join them with your vote.  What will your vote for the DLP achieve ?  (1) IT WILL SERVE NOTICE ON THE MENZIES GOVERNMENT, THAT YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT AUSTRALIA’S DEFENCES AND ECONOMY. IT TELLS THE PRESENT GOVERNMENT TO GET TO GRIPS WITH THE BIG ISSUES.  (2) IT WILL SERVE NOT ICE ON THE AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY THAT IT MUST CLEAN ITS HOUSE AND REJECT THE APPARATUS OF RED UNITED FRONTS, PEACE COUNCILS AND UNITY TICKETS IN UNION ELECTIONS, WHICH HAS SPLIT LABOR, AND COST IT THE PEOPLE 'S CONFIDENCE.  (3) IT WILL APPROVE THE D.L.P.’S TEN YEAR CAMPAIGN AGAINST ODDS TO AWAKEN AUSTRALIA TO THE DANGERS OF ASIAN AGGRESSIVE COMMUNISM AND INTERNAL RED SUBVERSION.  IT WILL KEEP ALIVE THE CAMPAIGN FOR A CLEAN LABOR MOVEMENT.  PREFERENCES OFFER  Mr. Calwell's much publicised statement on television early in the campaign that he wanted DLP preferences, and would like to give A.L.P. preferences to the D.L.F. in return, was obviously an opinion, not an offer.  Mr. Calwell made it clear that any decision on A.L.P. – D.L.F. relations would be made, like most vital A.L.P. decisions, not by himself as Leader, or the Parliamentary Labor Party, but by the Chamberlain dominated Federal Executive, which has almost ruined the Australian Labor Party in electors eyes.  This A.L.P. Federal Executive rejected, only two months ago, the suggestion of the D.L.F. Federal Conference, that leaving political differences aside, A.L.P. men and DLP men unite in the Trade Unions to destroy Communist influence.  The Democratic Labor Party, therefore, can only see in Mr. Calwell's statement not an offer of negotiation, but a request for unconditional surrender.  As a political realist, he knows that an offer to exchange preferences with the DLP is meaningless, because in most seats, A.L.P. preferences will never be distributed.  DLP preferences will be distributed, and may well determine the Government.  WHAT KIND OF GOVERNMENT  Does he expect the DLP to allot preferences to elect an A.L.P. Government.  WHERE MR. CALWELL WILL BE PRIME MINISTER IN NAME, AND THE PRIME MINISTER IN FACT, WILL BE MR. CHAMBERLAIN, WHO DESPITE ALL SUGGESTIONS OF HIS DECLINING INFLUENCE, HAD THE NUMBERS ON EVERY VITAL ISSUE AT THE RECENT FEDERAL EXECUTIVE MEETING IN AIDELAIDE, AND USED THEM TO CARRY EVERY LEFT WING PROPOSAL:  - which stands for the Communist inspired nuclear free Southern Hemisphere policy, whose logical conclusion is no American Bases in Australia which will, according to Mr. Caliwell, leave our troops in Malaysia, but according to A.L.P. Federal President Keeffe and Mr. Chamberlain, who really decide, will bring them home and desert the fight against Communism in South East Asia.  - which will wreck the Arbitration System by repealing the penal legislation and emasculating the clean ballots law.  - whose electoral victory would be hailed as endorsement of all the truckling with the Communist Party on Unity tickets, Peace Councils, and other United Fronts over the past ten years.  - which, this year, has again cravenly permitted Unity tickets in the Railways and Meat Unions to defy its rules.  In this election where Australia’s security may well be at stake, the DLP will neither chicken cut, nor sell out.  The elector who puts Australia first, will vote DLP, and carefully follow the preferences on its Card.