It was refreshing, the other day, to come across someone who radically disagreed with the view advanced in these columns that Trade: Unionism was completely bound t> the policy of direct action—against the wish of the moderafe"elements of Labour it is true. In view of the fact that the argument was based on inference drawn from Reuter's telegrams there was a_ possibility of mistake, but the following extract from the "Daily Herald," the Labour organ, confirms our ' view. Under the heading of Form your Councils" the following appeared The National Council of Action has issued the following instruction for the immediate formation of local councils (1) Where Trade Coune'ls. and Labour Parties function as separate bodies, joint action should be taken, (2) Steps should be taken to call in any Trade Union branches or other Labour organizations not affil: ated to the Trades Council or Labour Party.
Gyresentative ofall Labour bodies (3) Where " possible, a conference re-and Trade Union branches should be called to. establish the Local Council of Action; and where a Local Council has already been established without such a confer-fence, a conference should be called to endorse the action taken.
(4) Every effort should be made to secure agreement as to the constitu-fon of the Local Council in order that it may be fully recognized! as the responsible body in contact with the National Council.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.