THE IRRECONCSLABLES.

Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 210, 4 September 1919, Page 5

THE IRRECONCSLABLES.

INFLUENCE ON THE WANE.

LESS FEAR OF UPHEAVAL. DIRECT ACTION DISCREDITED. (By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.; LONDON, September 3. There is a general impression that the recommendations of the executive of the Miners' Federation is the first and a decisive move in the direction of constitutional action.- The miners' executive of the leading exponents of direct action, and it is unlikely that the delegates to the conference to-day will prove more intransigent. It is felt that the danger of an industrial upheaval will diminish as the question moves forward to the full trades union congress. The immediate danger, which is also the greatest, seems to be averted. This example is not likely to be lost on the transport workers, who also include an influential extreme element. Latterly, however, the transport workers have appeared, on the whole, less extreme than the miners. Ostensibly the miners' executive's recommendation only deprecates industrial action "at the present stage," but it is considered that if the present stage can be safely passed, maturer reflection will lessen the perils of industrial and commercial chaos.

It is also believed thnt the allusion to the "fullest and most, effective action" is studiously non-committal because the more extreme; spirits are either convinced thr.t direct action is discredited among the rank and file, or see in constitutional procedure a better prospect of success in a wider sphere than the mines. It is responsibly suggested in trades union circles that the King should be invited to attend the Glasgow congress in order to urge the paramount importance of continuous and increased production.— (A. and N.Z. Cable.)