BITTER DEBATE
ON LABOUR UNITED FRONT IN AUSTRALIA
QUESTION OF CO-OPERATION WITH COMMUNISTS. MODERATES OUTVOTED. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) MELBOURNE, June 24; After a bitter two-hour debate, which was punctuated with uproar, the All-Australia Trade Union Congress accepted a proposal by the militant group for a united front with all work-ing-class bodies for 100 per cent war effort.
The proposal was put forward by Communist delegates, but the Communist Party was not mentioned in the resolution. Moderates who opposed co-operation with the Communists were defeated by 130 votes to 120. Political correspondents point out that this is the first time that Communist proposals for a united front have been accepted by a workingclass conference. Earlier this month a conference of the New South Wales Labour Party rejected a similar resolution. Ninety unions, representing 700,000 workers affiliated with the Australian Council of Trades Unions, will be affected by the decision. Moderates among the delegates told the conference that the Communist Party and Labour Party were as far apart as the poles, and that there could be no unity between them.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 25 June 1943, Page 2
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178BITTER DEBATE Wairarapa Times-Age, 25 June 1943, Page 2
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