“REDS” EJECTED

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 110, 11 May 1936, Page 8

“REDS” EJECTED

VICTORIAN LABOUR MELBOUIt;:, April 12. The, part, played by Communists in the recent interstate, shipping -strike was mentioned in discussion at the conference of the Victorian branch of the Australian Labour Party to-day when it was suggested that the Imnour Party and Communist should co-operate in the interests of the workers. By a large majority the conference supported the refusal of the <ei)tral executive to confer with the Communist organisation wiht a view to agreeing on a common policy. Mr. R. Parry, of the Tanners’ Union, said that the seamens’ .-trike catastrophe would have been prevented if the •central executive had conferred with the Communists. Mr. S. O’Brien (SlonemtiH.iis’ Union' opposed strongly “any at‘.erupt to use In Australia the violent, bood-letting methods of Russia.” Dogmatic Views Mr D , Cain cron, assist/mt-se'-retary of the Trades Hall, said thai what was wrong with the Communist Party was that it was opposed to majority rule, and was characterised by a contemptuous disregard nf the views others. Mr. O’Brien: We will not stand for basher gangs here. Mr. Cameron: The recent seamens strike was supported by the Communist Party against, lhe expressed, wish of lhe trades unions of Australia. Manv inore seamen’s strikes and Fascism will soon hold power in Australia. Fighting Proposals All bough not- yet. considered by the State Labour Party, some interesting recommendations for the • ext federal Conference of the A.L.P. were circulate'! among delegates at the Easter conf e r c n«c e yeste r d a y. They included the overhauling of the Federal platform and the inclusion of a new fighting platform, providing for full sovereign powers for the Federal Parliament, nationalisation of banking, reduced hours, employment insurance, an increase in the basic wage, fixation nf miniunutm inlcrest rates, guaranteed minimum prices for primary products, debts adjustment, limitation of profit and rights of inheritance. “Sweating” Other suggestions include, consideration of “intense sweating in the Post-master-General’s Department,” the increase of old-age pensions to £1 a week, a. price fixing boa id for food and a Fait Rent Board, a fivt-day workworking week of six hours a day. and the restriction of migration until unemployment is dealt with. Thp Newport branch opposes the visit of athletes to the Olympic. Games in Berlin, as a protest, against the Fascist regime in G e rm a n v. Caulfield branch has suggested abolition of the Senate and the election of the Governor General bv he people.