The discussion on Friday week at the Trade Union Congress
was remarkable for a determined attack upon Mr. Appleton, the very able Secretary of the General Federation of Trade Unions. At the end of the debate the Congress decided no longer to co-operate with the General Federation in inter- national representation, but to be separately affiliated. Mr. Robert Williams, according to the report in the Daily Express, accused Mr. Appleton of " scurrilous abuse of the common, simple, plain wage movement, and of persistent attacks on the Triple Alliance." Mr. Bromley denounced Mr. Appleton for his " vilification of Mr. Smillie at a time of crisis which brings us to the verge of bankruptcy for the sake of principle and high ideals." Mr. Cramp described Mr. Appleton's activities as " abhorrent," and said that he would never sit under him or in association with him.
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