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LABOUR’S ATTITUDE TO COMMUNISM “JUDGED BY PAST RECORD” An attempt made by the Communist party to join with the Labour party to form what might be described as a “popular front” in New Zealand has met with failure. A meeting of the national executive of the Labour party on Thursday refused an application for • affiliation Irom the Communist party, according to a statement made yesterday by Mr Clyde Carr, M.P., national president of the party. Mr Carr said that the Labour party was not prepared to have anything to do with the communists. It judged them by their past record, and had no hesitation in rejecting the application. Since the Labour party took over the government of the Dominion the Communist party is understood to have lost ground. Some time ago communists secured control of the Unemployed Workers' Movement in Christchurch. but they were unable to fill the executive positions, and it is understood that the task was abandoned.
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Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21940, 14 November 1936, Page 16
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