SOCIALIST PLANS.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20621, 10 August 1932, Page 16

SOCIALIST PLANS.

LEGISLATING BY DECREE. (mow otib ow» coBRESPomaaiT.) LONDON, July ?• The rift in the Socialist•• Patty, between the Parliamentary leaders and the "exile" group of ex-Ministers has taken a dramatic turn, (writes a special political correspondent of the "Daily Express"). The executive of the Parliamentary Party, headed by Mr George Lansbury, Sir Stafford Cripps, and Major Attlee, launched their plans at its weekly meeting, and secured a unanimous endorsement. '•"'.'. These are for the immediate nationalisation of the banks, land, transport, power, coal, iron, and steel, and probably insurance. In order to carry them through at the earliest possible moment the extremists will demand the abolition of the "House of Lords and . the drastic speeding-up of Parliamentary procedure to. the point of legislating practically by decrees. The advocates of these revolutionary proposals' hold the view that, a rapid development of the economic crisis will give them their chance. They believe that the mass of the. electorate are already beginning to swing towards the left: They therefore urge a gigantic campaign "this autumn,, extending over every constituency in Britain, to drive home their case. The rival group of Mr Morrison and Mr A. V. Alexander declares that re v<&lutionary proposals will^destroy'all hope of the Party securing a Parliamentary majority. They are fighting,the Parliamentary leaders fo* the possession of-the headquarters machine. Backed by. a number of trade union and ed-operative leaders, they are working on an alternative policy to present to the autumn conference. By these tactics they hope to side-track the Lansbury : Cripps pro; posals and use the autumn "drive" to put over their own plans to the electorate as the official programme.