Show MACDONALD OUSTED BY HIS OWN PARTY RADICALS HOLD REINS IN lABOR PARTY POLICY POLICE Formation of New Party With Macdonald at Head Looms n By l G G GIne t Liberal I Special nl Dispatch Dl to The Th Examiner Copyright 1926 l Con Consolidated ress Iress Association LONDON April London H-London 10 faced the mo most moat t momentous Issue In Its Industrial history this week week- weekend end as os delegates to 10 the tho conven conven- con convention convention n- n tion of or the miners federation de- de debated de debated bated proposals or of the th coal opera opera- operators operators tors for a working agreement Only three weeks of or the subsidy subsidy- subsidy bought truce remain and the tem tem- temper tern tem temper per of or I the tho ho miners Is lx I unyielding They refuse refue absolutely to discuss reduction In wages waSe wa es Increase o In working hours or district agree agree- agreements agreements agreements ments The Tho ee ot of the miners Is trying lo to limit the defiant attitude of or the delegat delegates and keep the door open for tor a con con- continuance continuance con continuance of or Dut But firebrands fire fire- firebrands fire brands brands of at the movement want to adopt a n line of or action which In- In In Inevitably would precipitate conflict and drag the whole trade union movement to their support MAY 1 8 1 EC ILL ALD The TIr trade union congress Is most anxIous to avoid catastrophe the dimensions of at which are incalculable Incalculable able and Is exercising pressure on the Rut But it If the miners slam stampede pede the tho proba proba- probability probability probability Is that the whole organized Industry of or the would bJ be swept wept Into the whirlpool In a spirit of loyalty loyally to their class Behind the tir extremists Is I thele- thele the Ie- Ie le liberate policy polley of or a s powerful pOI sec sec- section section tion of or the labor movement to use every weapon to 10 overthrow o capi capi- capitalism capitalism This week tho Ind Independent pendent Labor party formally adopted a revolutionary re program ram and aud threw over Ramsey Macdonald Ph Philip ill I Snowden and all the more responsible responsible sible party leaders They adopted the principle of ot a living U wage with the declared object of making continuance of private ate control o of Industry and transfer transfer- transferring rine ring the bankrupt Industries s to the state Every ery methol method of or strIke chicanery and obstruction short of force Is to be employed to convert M rrie England Into a II second ed- ed edition ed edition of or Soviet Russia lIL JU 01 OPPOSED Ramsay Macdonald denounced this policy polley In a s series s rles of or powerful articles Insisting that the tho method or of unprovoked strikes strike and dellb- dellb deliberate deliberate erate erale under production I Is not so- so socialism so socialism but anarchy He lie argues that socialism socialism must be won by evolution e and parliamentary meth meth and not by revolution The extremists however stam stam- stampeded stam- stam stampeded stampeded the tho conference carrying their pOlicy and practically Macdonald declaring that hence hence- henceforth henceforth forth no Labor government should take tako of office rice except to carry out Socialism root and branch Macdonald's now Is ex- ex ex extraordinary Repudiated by his hla own party which which- h ral raised him o 0 power In spite spile of trade unionists unionist who regarded JIm him with distrust as a n highbrow doctrinaire he Is Isnow isnow Isnow now without any official backing Ho plans to appeal to tho the general body of the labor movement against the revolutionary alms aims ot of the In- In Ind independent In Independent d dependent pendent labor abor party and un- un undoubtedly un undoubtedly will emerge successful The Th rupture has formally established the long Imminent breach between the main stream of labor and the Communist wing win and has os cleared the way ay to a possible lib lib- lib III Ia eral-Ia labor eral-labor bor understanding and a 11 anew new alignment parties |