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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19472, 6 May 1925, Page 5

LABOUR AND THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. TO THE EDITOR. Sir, —It may be of interest to your readers- to have a brief comparison of tlia vote* cast for workers' candidates in 1923 and 1325. In 1923 the OhTcial Labour Party in Dunedin put up 13 candidates, while this year 23 seats were contested. The average vote per candidate standing for the Official Labour Party in 1925 was 3109 as against 3312 two years ago. or a decrease of 2C3 vot<- s per candidate this year. As against that. I, as a straightout workers' control candidate, opposed Inthe Official Labour Party's leaders, increased my vote by 389 as comparefl with 1923. In fact, the bitterness of the New Zealand Labour Party's" loaders towards me was such that on the recommendation of Mr Mark Silverstone, v. ho is the loader, or dictator, behind the scenes of thn policy of the O.L.R.C, Messrs Holland. Eraser, temple and Co. decided a) their recent Easter Conference in Wellington lha( I should not be permitted to sil on the 0.L.U.C., although I was a clulv elected delegate to _ that l-nd v from ihe Of ago ii.ofel and Restaurant Workers' Union. Such is the confidence of the union iu inn. however, that at the last monthly meeting the union unanimously decided to sever all connection with the O.L.K.t'. ar)f | <) lp New Zealand Labour Part v. I understand other large unions are likely to do the same.—] am, .etc., G. S. Thomson-. Opoho, May 5.