COMMUNIST UPROAR.

Waikato Times, Volume 104, Issue 17502, 8 September 1928, Page 14 (Supplement)

COMMUNIST UPROAR.

MR COOK’S HYSTERICS. Noisy scenes marked the -beginning of a crowded meeting in St. Andrew's Hall, Glasgow, when Mr A. J. Cook and Mr Maxton opened what they called their “new order campaign.” based on their recent manifesto. Mr David Kirkwood, M.P., presided. A young man in the audience, a Communist, before the speeches started demanded to know if there was to ho discussion. Mr Kirkwood replied, “No.” “This is a conference,” persisted the young man amid attempts by sections" of the audience to howl him down. Stewards also approached him. Mr Kirkwood declared “Those who are objecting had better understand that I am not afraid of Communists or anything else.” The meeting then proceeded in peace. n Mr Cook condemned the I.U.C. negotiations with the Mond group of employers. He. worked himsell up to fever pitch and when he sat down he bent forward with head in hands sobbing. , . 'Mr Maxton said that week after week Mr Ramsay' MacDonald in a Glasgow Socialist paper had been pouring scorn on the Independent Labour Party under his (the speaker’s) ■chairmanship. Answering a question, Mr Maxton said he was not prepared to lead a struggle for new leadership in the Labour Party. ______