N.S.W. LABOUR

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 29 November 1927, Page 5

N.S.W. LABOUR

INSTRUCTED BY MOSCOW SOVIET IN SCHEME AND METHOD. EX-LABOUR MINISTER’S DENOUNCEMENT. (By Cable — Press Assn. — Copyright.) (Received 29, 11.5 a.m.) Sydney, Nov. 29. Speaking at a luncheon given in his honour by the Constitutional Club, the Hon. T. D. Mutch, Minister of Education in Mr. Lang’s Cabinet, said that the Labour movement in New South Wales was no longer the movement to which he had given a quarter of a century of work and service. “It is now based on the Russian model without any question and any doubt, not only in its general sclieme but also its methods are those adopted by the Soviet. Russia has directed its representatives in New South Wales, and they are doing a work for which they are paid. It was not necessary to-day to be a member of the Labour Party to control the Labour movement. It is found to be sometimes better not to be a member of a firm when more business can be done by not being a member.” Mr. Mutch then outlined the methods adopted by the executive of the Australian Labour Party, and said that they had been done in accordance with instructions issued by the Third Internationale, and that the Labour movement to-day in New South Wales was controlled by a modified form of the Soviet system. Mr Mutch concluded by stating lie could say definitely that evidence indicated that an attempt had successfully been made to capture the Australian Labour Party executive in this State, and turn it into a miniature Soviet to be extended to every State in the Commonwealth.