TRADE UNION TYRANNY

Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 91, 18 April 1921, Page 7

TRADE UNION TYRANNY

LABOUR'S HEAVIEST DEFEAT.

Th n -i JWfFDON, 15th April. me Daily Herald says: "Yesterday's was the heaviest defeat that has betaJlen the Labour movement within the memory of man. It is useless trying to minimise it. One misunderstanding or mistake such as Mr. Hodge made could rot haw stepped the strike and brought about the present disaster. Not one not a hundred, not a thousand such trivialities could have affected the issue if the whole movement had been solid in organisation and understanding. That is where the fatal weakness lies. What we need is new machinery and a new spirit. The old machinery-failed in the hour of emergency. Out of this crash can come a bigger and betteT fight on broader lines. Sectionalism is the weakness of the Labour movement and must be discarded."

The Morning Post says: "Recent events have undoubtedly impressed the public mind that the time has come when powerful trade unions must be taught that it is not their business to govern the cointry. Means must be found to restrain their operations within legitimate limits. Great trade unions have combined to impose a new tyranny on the community and usurp the functions of Parliament."