LEADING COMMUNIST CHANGES HIS COLOURS
Received Sunday, 7.15 p.m. SYDNEY, July 20. , A former president of the Miners Federation, Mr. H. C. Wells, has resigned from the Community Party and is seekipg admission :to the Aus tralian Labour Party. He wairecognised during the v^ar as oue of the . ' 1 big three " of the Communist iudustrial wing and was a member oi the Communist eentral committee until January when it was suddenly aunounced that he had been suspended from all positions in the party. . •' •, Enclosed in his application for Labour Party membership was a copy of a letter to the Communist Party 's i-entral committee severing his member ship with that organisation. "The Australian Labour Party is the pniy one which, in rny opinion, ean give ■me the necessary leadership and rallv the nation to achieve higher standards of living and a better life for our people in the next eight to ten years, " he said.
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Chronicle (Levin), 21 July 1947, Page 7
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