Mr, Pollitt (Boilermakers' Society), the principal Communist poketman, insisted that he Pish fepresentaiives on the. Amaterdam International. should make. use of the: Britfah predominance in' ume bers and financial power to bring the trade union Movement under one common" fa ternational leadership find direction. The President, ovr:
ver, suggested that the Congress should' pass a resolution embodying {definite instruction to the General Coieit to arrange conference be-tree "representatives of the Anvsterdam' and Moscow "Tnternatlomaly with the object of Bringing Jabout "amalgamation. 'Bie Wil 'Thorne, stirs though thatthe oot {raweous and' abusive. way. in which Ihe: Communists peterred. to. the "leaders of trade unionism represent. cat Amsterdam made unity: possible. but Mr. Ben Tillot. st. lasked for instructions from the Congress. He said that the Russian' revolution was almost ide and declared that he would) be happier if he thought he would live to see in London the processions there were in Leningrad. He sadly reproved those who criticized the General Council ax though it had attempted nothing.
'Mr. Cramp was mildly sarcastic and critical; Mr. Sexton, sive and scornful. 'The former reminded the Congress that the British trade union movement was the: greatest in the world, and he scoffed at the idea that it' should accept dictation from outside. The proposal which was then put to proceed to the next business was accepted loudly; the minority was negligible jand the decision was more than a repulse to the Communists. But the matter is not finally disposed of; the Communists have promptly: submitted to the Standing Orders Committee a resolution on the lines suggested by the President, and if the Committee reports favourably a further discussion probably take place on the day that the Russian delegates speak.
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