London, Sept. 2.
Mr. Will Thorne, ".r. (Labour, West Ham), in his presidential address before the Trade Union Congress at Newport, Monmouth, congratulated the Congress on' the increase of over a quarter of a million in the membership. He said that labour unrest could only be stemmed by the removal of social inequalities, and he urged the Labour Party vehemently to oppose compulsory arbitration. The miners' strike, he said, brought them o step nearer to the nationalization of mines. He blamed the!
Government for the defeat of the transport workers' strike, and emphasized that labour must have more representatives in the House of Commons.
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