A Labour Party Conference held in London on Wednesday to
discuss unemployment decided by a large majority in favour of constitutional methods as opposed to " direct action." Mr. Thomas pointed out the folly of declaring strikes and throwing men out of work in order to cure unemployment. He advocated Parliamentary action and a vigorous, effort to return more Labour members. " It is useless to talk of calling people out on strike i ithey won't even follow us to the ballot-box." We are glad to see that Mr. Thomas and his colleagues are now in a constitutional mood. The Labour Party has no settled convic- tions and might" swing to the left " next week as it has done many times before. But for the moment at least it is guided by its saner members, and the revolutionaries are under a cloud. The leaders fear, no doubt, the effect of " direct action " on the pending by-elections.
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