LABOUR ALARMED.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 69, 23 March 1931, Page 7

LABOUR ALARMED.

FEDERAL DISUNITY.

Leftists' Bitterness Toward

Scullin.

MEETING THIS WEEK

(United P.A.-Elcctric Telegraph-Copyright)

(Received 11.30 a.m.)

SYDNEY, this day.

v A week of alarums and excursions 5 sees the Scullin Government still in L possession of the Canberra citadel , and the coming days promise a lively \ incursion by the Prime Minister into the camp of the troublesome members . of the left wing of the Labour party, . whose recalcitrancy has precipitated ; the Cabinet's difficulties. The Federal Labour party's conference . is to meet at Sydney next Friday. Mr. , Scullin will attend as a Victorian delegate. '■ The decision of the Australian Workers' Union to accept the resolutions of the conference as binding on all supporters of the Labour party is causing concern to the Beasley faction, or left wing section, of the Federal Parliamentary Labour party representing New South Wales, whoso adhesion to Mr. Lang's plan led to their expulsion from the political Eden. The position is reminiscent of the Seale-Conroy faction light of a few years ago. The Federal Conference upheld the Conroy party, but the 'Scale faction, which supported Mr. Lang, triumphed and the Conroy faction was annihilated. Astute Theodore. Commentators point out that the Federal Trcasurer, Mr. Theodore, now opposes Mr. Lang, whose followers arc likely to find him a mure astute and more redoubtable adversary than the Conroy faction. Moreover, Mr. Theodore, as campaign director in the recent election, has a good grip of the position in New South Wales and an inside knowledge of the working of the party machine. Speaking at a dinnei at the EightHour Day celebrations the Australian Prime Minister, Mr. J. H. Scullin, declared that the Ministry was going ahead with the fiduciary plan of the Treasurer, Mr. E. G. Theodore. Mr. Beasley's supporters are very bitter toward Mr. Scullin. They fear his presence at the conference will be fatal to their aims. Therefore it is believed that the New South Wales executive of the party may decide to boycott the proceedings. The ideal of the All For Australia League, which is to re-establish Parliament as a truly deliberative assembly, has caught the popular fancy. According to the claims.of the organisers 30,000 members have been enrolled in five clays and the objective of 100,000 is expected to be reached very soon. The spokesman of the league says the country's prosperity can only be re-estab-lished by setting aside personal and political interests and abolishing the party system. Labour politicians arc taking alarm and have urged the suppression of the league as they allege it is a Fascist organisation. The leaders of the league deny this impeachment and say that any attempt to suppress it will be futile.