A T.U.C. Report The appearance of the annual report of
the General Council of the Trades Union Congress is, on this occasion, the not very sensational preliminary to the meeting of the Congress itself, on September 3rd. Today, the trade unionists—as has not always been the case in the past— are the moderating influence in the Labour movement. Their views, broadly speaking, are those of the political Labour Party's official executive, which last year were roughly handled under the influence of the extremists at the Labour Party Conference. But in the last resort it may well turn out that the Trades Union Congress will have more to do in determining Labour policy than the more vacillating Conferences of the Labour Party. The report just issued covers only some of the ground that will be traversed by the Congress. But it is notable for a special report prepared by the Economic Committee on the socialization of the iron and steel industry, much of which is in line with - what certain iron and steel industrialists have themselves advocated. In the matter of " workers' control " it would hardly satisfy a large section of the political Labour Party.
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