14 SEPTEMBER 1912, Page 2

The question of Syndicalism was raised at the Trades Union

Congress on Friday on a resolution approving its alter- native, i.e., independent working-class political action. The Syndicalist point of view was stated with fervour and eloquence by two South Wales miners' delegates, Mr. Noah Ablett and Mr. Frank Hodges. On the other side, the official spokes- men of the miners disowned the views of their Syndicalist colleagues, and Messrs. Brace and Roberts, both Labour members, upheld the absolute need of political action; other speakers denounced Syndicalism as anarchical, destructive and immoral, and ultimately the resolution was carried by a card vote of 1,693,000 to 48,000.