London, June 1.
By over 2,000,000 votes, the Labour Party Conference at Southport today defeated an amendment calling for negotiations with the Ca-operative, liberal and Communist parties for a Popular Front -The voting was 248,000 for, and 2,360,000 against.
"he amendment urged that negolistions should be based on a short-term programme aiming at fulfiiment of the Labour Party's foreign policy, preservation of democra-tie institutions, and improvement of the position of workers.
Mrs. Barbara Ayrton Gould, widow of the poet, Gerald Gould, was elected chairman of the Labour Party Natioial Executive today. She is the third woman chairman.
The Executive is understood to have decided to defer consideration of a letter from the five expelled members, asking for readmission into the Pari, until the ordinary monthly meeting at the end of June.
The five members attempting to gain readmission are Sir Stafford Cripps, MP. for East Bristol; Mr. George R. Strauss, MP, for North Lambeth; Mr. Aneurin Bevin, MP. for the Ebbw Vale division of Monmouth: Lieutenant-Commander Y and Mr. Robert Bruce.
London, June 1.
Silver prices remained unchanged in London today, with quotations being fixed as follows:—
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