LABOUR IN AUSTRALIA
COMMUNISTS VOTED OUT. THE DECISION CRITICISED. Prew Aseooiation—By Telegraph—Copyright SYDNEY, October 20. After a spirited debate the executive of the Australian Labour Party decided, by 16 to 9, that no Communist who remains a member of the Communist Party may remain a member of the Labour Party. SYDNEY, October 22. Mr J. Howie, leader of the Communist Party, who is also a member of the executive of the Australian Labour Party, in criticising the latter for adopting the resolution against the Communists, said that Labour would probably be returned to power at the next elections, hut the workers would be no bettor off, as the leaders would be in the hands of the capitalist class. Labour had been financed by the liquor trade for the last five years, but a section of the movement favoured prohibition, and it was a disturbing element for the executive. The Communists stood for prohibition, because a sober man was more use to them than a drinker.
Mr Garden said the Communists believed in discipline, hence they would abide by the decision of the Labour Executive, but they would take advantage of all channels to permeate the movement with Communist ideas prior to the next conference.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18999, 23 October 1923, Page 9
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