BRETTON WOODS
MR. CHIFLEY DEFEATED IN CAUCUS SURPRISE TO_SUPPORTERS CANBERRA, Dec. 4. The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley)' to-day suffered his first major defeat in caucus. By 29 votes to 23 caucus decided to refer the ratification by Australia of the Bretton Woods international financial agreement to the Federal conference of the Australian Labour Party, which is Labour’s supreme governing body. The decision means that the fight which the Parliamentary leaders thought had ended with the Labour Party executive’s endorsement of the ratification of the agreement has only begun. The defeat has come as a general surprise to Mr. Chiflley’s supporters. In it are contained fundamental cleavages of opinion that could split the Labour movement wide open. The caucus decision means that the agreement cannot be ratified by Australia before the New Year, as the Labour Party conference could not be convened until then.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 5 December 1946, Page 8
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