LABOUR AND LEICESTER.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 155, 1 July 1913, Page 5

LABOUR AND LEICESTER.

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LONDON. June 30. Sir Maurice Levy (Radical M.P. for the Loughborough division of Leicestershire!, in a letter in reply to Mr Ramsay Macdonnld's remark that the Labour Executive's -opposed manifesto over the Leicester election was mere tittle tattle, assumes I be responsibility for telephoning the manifesto to Leicester, on the authority of a leading Independent Labour member of the House of Commons, willi a request to announce it a.a result of the party's meeting, the member assuring him that there would be nt; ofiiei.il repudiation. Sir Maurice adds that the manifestr was written practically at his inform ant's dictation. "Thr 'lime-" stales that Mr C. It Robert- i Labour member lor Norwich) drafted the manifesto. Mr Keir Hardie. spcakine; at Cardiff sail! t'pnt lie did not know why the Independent Labour party had no candidate for I/»iee«ler. The question was still tin settled, hut i here will be a report ttiToor in a few days. He u l,n oi.i i-.t !;nov. why tbe party failed to support tin British Socialist party's candidate: bin if the latter party stood outside the work incr class movement they wore not c;; ii'!--' 1 t.i support irom i ~o < o tin-v de-pi cd. T'-ere was no nerrcine:<l l>.:v, n i lv. Labour pariv and the l.iherab ri-ciirtling either double or single nu-in li"[- n.iisl it nonets.