Britannia awaited the Conference of the British Labor Party at Liverpool with expectant nervousness. The recent International Trade Unionist Congress at Scarborough (TIME, Sept. 21) had been stampeded by Communists into adopting a resolution of censure against the entire British Empire. It was rumored that Labor was "going Red." Gouty peers contemplated the event with misgivings.
Communist Showdown. As the
Conference opened, Communists rushed to overwhelm it at the start. Although the Labor Party had voted last year to support no Communist candidates for three years, they demanded that the question of whether...
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