The programme was reproduced in the Catholic newspaper The Advocate, 29 August 1940, p 3.

Point 3 of the programme states: "One of the greatest activities of the movement will be campaigns to reveal to the rural community the principles of true co-operation."

But, then, it is noted: "Unfortunately, past attempts at co-operation in Australia have not been a uniform success, owing to a variety of causes. Chief among these causes were the facts that in the majority of cases they were not real co-operatives which were organised, but actually private joint-stock ventures, in which the profit of the shareholders was the prime objective. Secondly, and even more important, was the complete lack of any education in co-operation among those who participated in even those co-operative ventures which were genuine."