A WINNING PROGRAMME FOR UNIONISTS.
[To the Editor- of the SPEervron.]
Sta,.—I have follbwed with increasing interest your explana- tion and advocacy of the All-In Insurance, and I would like to endorse the opinion that the present Conservative Electioneering Programme is sadly lacking in life, grip and attraction. TO my mind the Conservatives have now a wonderfully powerful• platform if only they- will take advantage of the opportunities to hand, and the All-In Tnsurance is—or should be—one of its strongest planks. At a moment when many Socialists are disillusioned by- their leaders' failure to substantiate their claims to the certain cure for unemployment, and the working man (I say it in all pity) must regard any new promises in this respect with a sceptical eye, the Broad Scheme strongly advanced would undoubtedly attract many wavering votes, and yet very few people seem even to have heard of the proposal.
May I give an illustration of this ? I attended a Con- servative meeting last week where some excellent points were made to a very sympathetic audience, but no mention at all was made of either the Referendum, the All-In Insurance or the Coal Carbonization schemes. At question time I passed my card-to the speaker, asking if the Broad Scheme was included in the Conservative programme. The chairman, on being shown the question, put on his glasses, read the card—and shook his head, he had never heard of it t The speaker- then asked me to explain what I meant, and when I had done so I was assured that it was included in the pro- gramme ; but I am still doubtful whether he knew- himself, and was certainly left with the conviction that he was thankful- when I did not• press the point any further I It seems incredible that a subject so vitally important to working people should- be so entirely ignored by any party desirous of reducing the number of Socialist votes.—I am,
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