TRADE DISPUTES BILL.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20171, 25 February 1931, Page 11

TRADE DISPUTES BILL.

BRITISH GOVERNMENTS PLIGHT. • FATE OF THE MEASURE IN THE! BALANCE. j (vxixia raiss association —b» kliotbic TSLBOBAJ-H— OOPTBIOBT.) (Received February 25th, 12.56 , a.m.) LONDON, Fel/ruary 24. The fate of the Trade Disputes Bill continues to hang by a, thread. The Attorney-General, Sir William Jowitt, met Labour members in a secret meeting and explained the difficulties confronting the Government in fulfilling its pledge, owing to the attitude of tlio Liberals, who are insisting on stiffening the limitations on sympathetic strikes. The Conservatives; certainly would support any Liberal amendment in that direction and the inevitable result would be the defeat of the / Government. \lt is understood that the Labourites made it clear that they would - prefer to lose the Bill rather than see it weakened. As a matter of fact it is already too weak and not the Bill they expected. In the meantime the Government's troubles are increased by the prospect of Sir Oswald Mosley's resignation, accompanied by hiß wife, Lady Cynthia, also possibly by Messrs W. J. Brown and John Strachey. The new Mosloy manifesto advocates control of imports by tariffs, an economic partnership with the Dominions, and stabilisation of the internal general price level. The "Daily Herald" hint 3 at the possibility of an alliance betweon Sir Oswald Mosley and Lord Beaver-, brook.