Mr. Scullin, himself a moderate, is universally respected. He has
the double task of putting the national finances on a safer basis, and of ending the dual system of Compul- sory Arbitration. It is said that the State Premiers who rejected Mr, Bruce's latest proposal to abolish the Federal Arbitration .Courts are now willing ,to adopt that plan, and thus to preserve the State Courts. It does not seem , to matter greatly whether the Federal Courts yield to the . State Courts or vice versa, so long as the old conflict ceases. Another report says that Mr. Scullin would like to do away with Compulsory Arbitration altogether, and substitute Conciliation Tribunals. If that is true he is a bold man, for though Compulsory Arbitration has caused much trouble, Australian Labour is proud of having invented this unique mechanism.
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