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(Chairman of the People',

BROAD STREET. READING

The liluDicipal
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aud the BeMilIjr Labour J'art",h ng '"
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1111 ~-,.. Pa.rt, iIoa&l • IItt
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The results of the municipal elec-

try lYe tile OOftl'Dmlmt whieh 11 de-,.,ooa l ·
~ this oert&iDl,. applieti to local go rv....
If !'7,le a:re ., apat.b9.tJe . od 'till:
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lLlIIelent to
tU . o:1I'n lD~tx th~, "iUllHlt
expect lDen of Abllity and bU8inc.." ""I"'tlt,
1G oo~ . forward, and tho . standard •• 1 tho
cou~ 18 .boun~ to detenorate. W•. r>t 01
all IS the_lJIgTatJitude 8l}o n in th e ,...... ot
old mem.bers lila Mr. :a. T . Morlo~ ..• "'.0
wlao haa deyot.eci hi
11 heart and ".,,1 t
hi '<lOrk ~n trut eo neil, and wh, "'11:
.onIt oomma.nd "palby 281 .. vok. In 1\,'1....
Ward ~ It is a miserable retu fI, for
all the holU. wJUch a member of th e .. II>
oil bi:8 to put i.d. A..Dother usefu I DOl.... "",
Ilr. T. H. Turner. polled a meagre ~~7 , "~
in Lo'lfer CavenlllUll .

The

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of Organisation.

We do not begrudge the Reading 1.. ... 'II
Pllrty ita 8U~. though Ilhey ure 'H

hons s~owed a great gain for "ery pronounced a.s coll\pared with • •
Labour ill many towns. The elec- toW1llJ. We have said all alonr that La 1,.. I,
tors have only themselves to blame ,hould have its fair reprosen ation on I,
fo~ this, because of their. apathy . 1'o"n Counoil. thougb it iJ<-R matter of ,...
Spite; of all warnings. In Re:>ding, gret that the eandidates "bo are put 1«,/.
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1I'ard belong so largel! to the extreme .",
however,
L.Q. our has only
secured, tion of the party. It is difficult to gd ".'!
on balauce, two seats, so that the how far that aoouon eommands the .,'1..
compo5ition of the-council is hardly gianoe 01 *e adherents of the Labollr !'a."
affected. There i fortunately no in Reading, or how far the rank IlDd :le
question ·of Labour dictation of are attrac¥ by the ory 80 prominen t J m
policy. As we pointed out h.-tn.',,'! now 01 sho~1J a united front. Rx t', ~t
hi'
in Battle 'Tard, where the ra.ilwa)'lllcn ·"6
tee ecnons,_:lsome costly schemes strong, the Labour poll is not ..ery .strJkln~.
were foreshauowed
....... nlsation. h" "I .. ,
f th Lab in theS ~ pro' I Bnd with a little more 0 ...
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our or
oCla - work and more publio inWefit on I"'h,dt
1St candidates, and this is not the of the sitting membel'll sear()('h '1.
time to embark on further expendi- of the Socialist candidates wooW ha;•. I· "
ture, either from the proceeds of IJtu&ed. What can be ach ieved b, ., .
the taxes or t' he rates.
th\1sillstic "ark lind good o~n.nisat.lOjl ",'
shown by the remarkable victory which •.•
Whilst Reading can congratulate IIOOred bi Mr. Downing in West Wan:1 h,
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8ubetantial poll and lug majorJtv t>1 se
on escapmg
a danger, It
tained by Mr. Clark in .Redlands W ard. hy
be idle to minimise-.the very Mr. Oodwin's splendid triumph in Ca, :.
substantial successes gained by the Ward ag&inst a ab'onjf woman cand.ido' ~,
Labour orga
' nisatlons
in other and by Mr. Winter's spirited contest an ,!'
h¥dsome success "I(RiMt one of the bef,t·
townS. On many local governing known candWnt~ whkh Ule Reading Cobodies Labour is now in a position operative Society could produce. EY"D. in
in which its capacity for sane and East W~rd the Labour l'arty candidate
would have beea bodl, beaten had the .
just a.d.qlinistration will be put to the ton on], taken the little trouble
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test, and tbe progress of events to oome to the . pon. That there ahould
win IlatarallvJ ' he
v.ery· . a.ttentiv~.d
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ne&rly
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ill little
abort$,000
of aabMotdi8gta • in
and tlt.t
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watChed by the' commumty at Jar
~aa. who waa practically unknown In
The reason for the success attend- the ward, dNeCTeil every eredit for hi
ant on Labour efforts may be plucky and cl~ ~ht llfI'u.in.sl the .tron~.'SL
DlIln tbe Labou!r Pa.rt.y coold have pu t ,n
summed up in the words~rganisa- the field, all who ia a residenrt in the .... ,,1.
tion and enthusiasm.
Wh.ere only and haa been cl.-l,. and honourabl, id,n u·
minhriti..
s ofIt, the electors . voted,. fied
with it tor mlLllY ,ears. It is eVld,nt
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that. 8\Ieee88 Cl.1Il.On1y be achieved in mun l·
Labour-itseu in 'a minority of the oipal. 88 in P~am811t:uy . elections hy
whole of the J[anous electorates cO.n- strong ~~o.n., a.z>d a ~ a nd rnthu·
ed
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~aatic boc(y of worke.rs. who wdl practically
cern ~ma.Qa5"U to get more 0 Its oom&* the e1eelnre to oome up to the poll
sUpporters to visit the polling booth And once more it has been proved that It
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is more 8B8Y to attack a _ t on th e enuD'
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or- eil than delend , it ; this i8 shown b,' tit.
garusabons. 1}t.ere was no gt:eat experien08 of the eandidatQ of ev&lt 'pH'Y
ch~~ge of. pobtKal or mumC1~al at thi &I.0 060n. There i one moit> lar·
opuuon. Ap.thy· on the part of Its tor; it is all unfortunate thing for r.nrl,.
datQ introduoed by th" Liberal Party at tltt
g~ve Labour an oppor~ mu.nieipal eleetlons that the org.Jlis.~tiflll "f
tunity that it se~ed: . The . result the part,. ia not in a more robu8t eond ltl"o.
may yet prove a blessmg ill
A' Sarren EI"tlon.
guise if jt . I~rds to a. _r~awake~ed If OU9 were asked hat quesDon of m illll'
s. en. se of CIVl . responslblllty,. w
. h.lch cipal polioy hu received an impetuJ by lb.
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elooti.on the answer would be none. I t
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10 itS tum h
. adve a rev.1V! }?ng- llvident th.a.t IMlCtiOJl of the elactx>rs al'8 til.
effect on t e mo erate orgamsa- satislied..j with the E'tleigh Road line of
tidns. The .time to' commence to tr"ma~ or dep18.Dd more facilities for me...,..·
k
th t
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60n. but nO pDDral grievance OIIILId hf
wor
to . a en . 15 now.
00 worked up IIPoinat the council either as TO'
many people who·.prJze and ppnctu~ gards edo~tion or "'&«
or holl$i ng~'
allv use the Parliamentary fran- tribo.te t,() I.he ~ivo policy and ad rrun·
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is tive eapamty witirob ha.ve ch&raetpr """l
chlse, aXe disposed to regard as ~ the work of the council &I at pl'l'J8ellt Ct1ll611matter of small account the votes' to tuted. The Labour Party lookl'd to t h ,"
which they ar~ entitled in respect of auooe88 to huten on the l30cialietic st.U'.
400 that is what the electors f"'; 11'<1
to
the various local governing bodies, AT&8p.
which, as a matter of fac~l in mfJ.ny The" Chronicle " and the - Elections.
ways touch 'them more nearly than There is one thing which ought t n ro'
anything that is done by . Parlia- aaid, and that is that the Reading l.abo ·.. r
t 't If S
.th '
l'arty sbould be less reAe.ntful of crilld""
men
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upposmg
e r !!~- when it is directed agR.in t the p uhlt ,· ['" v
tremist proposals for the mumCl", Jar which tMy 8tand. Alter ahe poll _I" "
palisation of all manner of busi- hard thillgli were said by Labour ' , .'
nesses comes. into being?
Where candidates of the Preas and of tbr "('h" '1'
ialo" in particular. We do nut mind II .~
then will be the laf.ge and stu
Il bit; the " ~C)8,j>italist " PI'eII8 as it I' ".r.
dependent class of small
roneously CIIIW-for thero is no III'''''
men who are so often the
broad·minded or democr&tic instit nl, ,"
th&n th ~ Prees4 been the butt of 1... 1...·'"
backbone of he munjcipal comfor ,ears. But we wi b to ",/,L.
munityl. And h<> will "i,t fare .
tha W8 bave no quarrel wi th ,~t\lo n o oarsona.H, of ~ loeal Labour ,,,,Jfr"
these whose I'f
1 e'' ~ saV':'llgs haVe been
nor !lave 'We eYer queatio'ned their "" .. Iv
invested in small proper i ,if the or u - i t y ; 011 .tla! ooDtrarr .. can" !
nenial idea of taoxin~ thelt\d up to!; th.t
the w.y ill whiell mll1ly .,1
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I!l.by itudy and ~ing fittad themsely til
twenty . shillings in t e poun co
become mem~r' of public ~ies is ~ tl~
into force? -In a hundred .and one to their ere-Itt oreaver, the" ChroDl ( ,
ways those who are not . ~aI?ual ]).as given far- more space th any pelt r
1 ted loonl ~per to the rfl1!Orta of th ir 6Pf'(" 'h •
labourers provid e f rom th elr unl
But when i\ comes to tbe 1)Olioy wh ieh :~"
means the money that pays fot publicI advooMe. then til
wbo cl i,.q···
numerous substantial . advantages h ve.1l p'rfect r!-ght to critieiM" fln.! t •• " ..
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L bo
t th
.phUI88 the rOlllClll results of thllt II' .\.:
enjoyed by a ur a
e expe!lse WI" believe that the g-reat mus of t hl' I'" ,."
of the rest of the commumty. I\NI prolon dl, oon ine«! t.hllt Ih e "rI.'
:Where justice marches with demanc;l put forward b, the extreme Lahour I't'"
these char!T(:s are p'eneral1y met would,- if carritd flUt, 00 .disa tr()Ih I, I!.;
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country. that t.ne con tant attempt> I •
cheerfulIy, but how If they are ill- 01
agaiJlJlt cia are H:l'tliR ' t th" " ~ I''''
creased a.(ld amplified to su h an U\l'ests of tbe WOt'king el
as.>I II r'~
extent that the burden, . already classes. ~nd at the unrellt wh ll·1 "~;~ .
peaches produoe ' is vpr detrinlPJlI .I,
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hardly to be home, bec me into1er- eountry in i nr!{ent d Inllnd t il "" I ~ ,:.
able? Ttieslt and a host of similar to \lettle down after an the hon'" ." I r1 .
reflections
be ommendcd to vulsioll3 of th wor. Tilt' (OlIpH Il'!'(" , '.
to whose apathy Labour owed i ei th~ i 'k~h:~~ r~~~ te~~~i::: ~
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QPPQrtunity of whi -h it S\K,essSUCCP f 11 ~e. ond ~r ... ",
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B}' many (uMr.Ro
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administration remain unreall ed faet'd. What we ~ant i ~ III" t
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until .L~" are e){tlt"ri need.
bit
lI! tru tinn . mu tual J!'" d·loi ...
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