A PUBLIC INSULT.

Evening Star, Issue 18045, 12 August 1922, Page 3

A PUBLIC INSULT.

TO THE EDITOR. Sir,—lll reply to tho letter of “A Man,” the speaker complained of resigned from the Labor Representation Council because that body by resolution disassociated itself from the untrue and malicious statement complained of. Tho motion on which tho statement was made was in favor of open diplomacy. If wo had open diplomacy in tho Labor Party, as we have in the Sydney Labor Council, it would be impossible for a representative of a union to misrepresent the union, as the Press would publish his utterances.—l am, etc., A Digger. August 12. [Wo have authority for stating that the position was as follows:—The Labor Representation Council did pass a motion dissociating itself from Mr Silverstone’s utterance. Mr Silverstone then resigned from the executive, to which, at the same meeting, he had been elected. His attitude was that he did not speak at the “no-more-war ” meeting on behalf of tho Labor Party, which he does not regard as an anti-war party. He was not asked to resign from tho executive. He is still a delegate to the Labor Representation Council.—Ed. E.S.ji