By far the most important decisions taken at the Labour
Conference were those in which : (1) the applica- tion of the Communist Party for affiliation to the Labour Party was rejected ; (2) the Labour Party Executive was instructed to withhold its endorsement from any member of the Communist Party who desired to be a Labour Parliamentary candidate ; (8) it was decided that no member of the Communist Party shall hence- forward be eligible for membership of the Labour Party. The first of these decisions was only a normal and expected one. Each year the Communist Party applies for affiliation, and each year it is rejected. This year's decision was remarkable only for the vehemence with which the Communist application was rejected, and for the size of the majority—almost 3,000,000. The voting is, of course, by card.
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