LABOUR'S REORGANISATION.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 307, 28 December 1922, Page 5

LABOUR'S REORGANISATION.

MOVEMENT XN AUSTRALIA. GETTING RID OF EXTREMISTS. (Received 9.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, this day. The "Herald" states that the Labour leaders' appeal for a change in the method of electing the executive marks the launching of a determined campaign to reorganise the movement, purge it of extremist and reactionary influences, Rnd so alter the constitution as to enable important reforms to be carried into effect. The paper adds: "The drift of the party towards communism and the generally unsatisfactory state of affaire culminated at last in an effort by the moderate elements to cleanse the whole movement."

The appeal says that the results of the Federal" elections show that Labour failed to take advantage of the favourable conditions offering, the response Hot being very satisfactory. It proceeds: "Admittedly there are factors contributing to this position which we are not able to control; other factors can be removed if members of the movement assert themselves, am°ngst these particularly being unsatisfactory control of labour's organisation." The framers of the appeal express the belief that if the proposed suggestions are adopted the Labour movement will once more become a driving moral force in the community.—(A. and N.Z. Cable.) Yell received by unions. (Received 12.90 p.m.) SYDNEY, this day. The Labour leaders' appeal " for reform has been received favourably by Jnany unions, but members of the executive of the Labour party interpret it »s a thrust at them. — [A] and N.Z.)