SOCIALIST GOAL
POWER IN BRITAIN
AMAZING POSSIBILITIES FORESEEN
A DICTATORSHIP
(United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) (Rec. 5.5 p.m.) London, August 28. Civil war and a dictatorship following the election of a Socialist Government are startling possibilities envisaged by Sir Stafford Cripps in a symposium of the views of Labour leaders entitled “The Problems of a Socialist Government.” He declares that the first task of a Socialist Government would be to pass an emergency powers Bill empowering Cabinet to establish Socialism without consulting Parliament. Sir Stafford Cripps foresees that the measure would not pass the House of Lords or the Crown. If it was decided to continue in power unconstitutionally, the upshot would be conflict with the Crown and the House of Lords judiciary, throwing the country into convulsion leading to a capitalist uprising which would have to be quelled by force. , , j • Sir Stafford Cripps in a letter, denies that he approves of a dictatorship as a method of introducing Socialism. The Times in an editorial retorts that the methods are indistinguishable.
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Southland Times, Issue 22106, 29 August 1933, Page 5
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171SOCIALIST GOAL Southland Times, Issue 22106, 29 August 1933, Page 5
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