We are glad to record the foundation of a league
aimed at exposing the evils of the Trade Disputes Act. From a state- ment issued on Tuesday night we learn that the Trade Disputes Reform League will seek to convince Parliament that "a mistaken effort of legislation, which threatens the safety of life, liberty, and property, must be amended," and that it will carry on "a continuous educational campaign with regard to the calamity which threatens the future of the social and industrial life of these islands." Lord Claud Hamilton has accepted the presidency and Lord Joicey and Lord Monkswell are vice-presidents of the League, which appeals to law-abiding citizens of all shades of political opinion for financial and active support. All who are willing to assist are requested to communicate with Mr. Charles Charleton, the chairman, at 4 Eastcheap, E.C., or Mr. Ernest Platt, the deputy-chairman, 63 Princes Gate, W. In this con- nexion we should like to place on record our appreciation of the good work which has been done, and is being done, by the Daily Graphic in exposing the cruelty and injustice of what is absurdly called peaceful picketing. The Daily Graphic never loses an opportunity of setting forth the right of the individual to work how, where, and for how much he pleases.
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