WOOLWICH ARSENAL

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 64, 25 October 1928, Page 5

WOOLWICH ARSENAL

OF COiMMUN|IST.'' • ms ’ PARTY ANNOYED. ;'* ' ; . LONDON, October 2il? ' ; The Communist Party declare that Percy L. Glading, who was dismissed from Woolwich arsenal, must he reinstated, "even at the cost of a strike.. His victimisation is not an accident 1 , hut a deliberate policy as part of the preparation for a new imperialist war, as a preliminary to which Woolwich Arsenal and the Naval Dockyards are - getting rid Of militant workers ’opposed to the' perpetuation' of the capitalist ~ system... . ■ , , £ • After jthe TALC. General Council had discussed, Mr Glading’s dismissal the secretary, Mr Citrine, made- the statement,.that the Council had , deeded to ask the Government for a copy of any orders issued in; relation t’d- Communist activities and the grounds on which they were based. It- was stated 'teat th e Coveriimeut side of the question would receive full consideration. Several members of the Council wer e strongly of opinion that avowed Communists had no. right! to expect to hold State positions.—Australian Press Asfip r .