session of the Labour Party Confer~ Tempers became frayed at to-day's London, Oct. 3
fence at Brighton during a heated debate on an Executive recommendation in favour of sanctions by the League of Nations against Italy in the event of war breaking out in East Africa.
"After Mr, Hugh Dalton, former Foreign Under-Secretary, had moved the adoption of the resolution, Sir
motion.
Siatford' Cripps rote to oppose the Sir Stafford concluded with a fierce attack on capitalists, but he himself ame under heavy fire whol Mr. Si"Marehbank, secretary of the Rail-wayman's Union, rose to support the resolution.
The speaker charged Sir Stafford with Inconsistency. In the House of Commons recently, Mr, Marchbank said, Sir Stafford favoured ranetions against Japan in the Sino-Jaapnese dispute, sanctions then were right," he eclated, "they are equally right now. Let those who are not prepared to stand by the party's decisions get out without making on issue of it"
This remark evoked ries "shame!" and "Sanctions will destroy the party!,"" and the general uproar which followed led Mr, Marchbank to withdraw.
'AN its first session yesterday, the Conference unanimously passed a resolution calling for legislation which will make the maintenance of unemployed completely a national charge, and also provide adequate scales. "of benefit without imposing humiliating conditions, but overwhelmingly defeated a measure Teter back a section of the Bxecux tives report which declared that membership in the Independent Labour Party and the Independent Sceialist Party was incompatible with niembership inthe Labour Party.
The conference yesterday also oped a resolution eritieizing.the recent speech made by the ~Prince of Wales in which he described those who deprecated the military influence of the Officers Training Camps in education as "cranks in authority."
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