DIVIDED LABOR

Gisborne Times, Volume LXIII, Issue 10096, 8 September 1925, Page 5

DIVIDED LABOR

SPLIT POSSIBLE AT TRADES UNION CONGRESS.

MODERATES v. THE REDS,

(United Press Assn. —Copyright.) (A. and N.Z. Oib,e Association.) LONDON, Sept. f>. Labor writers agree that the Trades Union Congress, opening at Scarborough on Monday, will be unusually important, as it might possibly split the Labor party. The Observer says a clash is expected between*the moderates like Mr. Thomas and Mr. Clyn.es., who stand for amelioration of the workers’ conditions within the structure of the existing industrial system, and the Left Wingers, desiring to organise a movement for the definite purpose of .overthrowing the whole structure. Tho newspapers, therefore, display a rebuff to tho Left Wingers on the eve of the congress in the shape of a letter from the Secretary of the Congress, telling Mr. poll tt, who forwarded the minority movement resolutions, that the Council re derates last year’s decision to act only in accordance with tho views of properly accredited representatives affiliated with trade unions. This is interpreted as an int’mation that the congress refuses dealing with the extreme left organisations.

DELEGATES INVADE FASHIONABLE HOTELS.

POSSIBILITY OF SPLIT HEATEDLY DISCUSSED.

NOTABLE SERMON EY CANON! DONALDSON. (A. AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.) (Received Sept. 7. 8.5 p.m.) LONDON, Sept, 7. There were numerous trade union speeches on Sunday in- connection with the Industrial Parliament opening on Monday at Scarborough, where 700 delegates nave already assembled, invading the lounges of fashionable hotels hitherto given up to well-to-do pleasure seekers. The possibility of a split between tiie Trade Union Congress and Labor Party continues to lie heatedly discussed. Since the general election the trade union leaders have eclipsed the politicians as shown during the negotiations to prevent the miners’ strike. They are anxious not to be hampered by the special interests of the Labor party. Canon Donaldson, who once led the Leicester hunger strikers to London, preached a special sermon to trade unionists, vigorously combating Communism. He sa : ri: “Force is not a remedy. Anarchism is idealism wedded to despair. Labor, like Christ, has not come to abrogate the law but to fulfil it. Any attempt at the. short cut to the Kingdom is inconsistent with this truth. - The constitution of Britain supplies ample means to cope with Labor’s difficulties.”