The Connecticut labor news., 1923-12-15
Labor Wins TheControl
 Of England
Workers Party Cleans Up Elections and Is Ready. to Form and Run New Govern ment.

Labor Ready to Assume Control
 of Government read headlines in practically every newspaper in the civilized world and even Russia this week and told story that was con sidered few weeks ago as the heighth of foolishness. But it's true,
 nevertheless. Labor has cleaned up
 the elections in England and is only
 held back from assuming complete control of the British government, cabinet, parliament and all, by the dying struggles of the Tory-capitalis-
 tic bunch to hold on no matter what happens to the country Ramsay
 Macdonald, Labor Party leader, is being acclaimed the country over as the next premier, even the wealthy press urging King George to call him in to form a government and let the country go on. The crisis will come surely on January 8, if not before, when Parliament meets and It IS con hdently expected that Baldwin's tory government will be. busted. The Tories threaten to throw the matter into another general election hoping to oust the Labor Party.
 The<Labor Party and trades unions not directly affiliated politically came together Wednesday and decidedthat having the balance of power they would assume 1t and announced if is ready to assume the government. Tie Tories and Liberals, too, had hoped Labor would fear to take hold but the hope was shattered with the fol- lowing Statement:f
 "The executive board of the Labor Party in a commun;que this after noon says 1t had decided, in the event of Labor being invited to form a Government, that the parliamentary party should immediately accept the full responsibility of the government of the country without compr omising itself with any form of coalition
 Of much signihea.sce is the sugges- ton of the Liberal Westminster Gag cite in an editorial to appear tomor- row, that, if Macdonald formed gov- ernment and offered program of electoral and social reform, he could expect a considerable measure of Lib eral support. The paper adds:
 Macdonald also might gather some hope from the return of so large a proportion of Liberals whose ten- dency is toward the Left" and, even more pointedly, formal alliance or agreements need not be looked for, but that is no conclusive reason against trying what can be done"
 As this paper is one of the principal Liberal organs such a statement will attract much attention, particularly as 1t prints at the same time a letter from Lord Buckmaster, Liberal ex Lord Chancellor, saying here is much in common with the Liberals in cer- tain features of the Labor program and in such instances Liberal sup port may be expected. Other letters also are printed of the same purport.
 The Liberal Daily News, in vein similar to that of the Westminste, Gazette, says the only possible course open to the Liberals and Labor "is such degree of cooperation between them as shall keep this Parliament, with it's progressive majority, in be- ing for the enactment of the wide range of social and political reforms on which they are agreed"
 Some of the strongest men in the Labor party who favor Macdonald's accepting the responsibility of form ing a Government now, if called up- on to do so, argue that, while the Tories and the Liberals undoubtedly would be ready to act in unison to smash if, Labor should take the sad dle and advance its scheme of 1egis- l lation for ameliorating the distress of unemployment. It could then place the responsibility upon the two older parties for making such legislation Then, they contend, La bor can go to the country showing that the Tories and the Liberals pre- fer to play politics rather than relieve the distress of 2,ooo,ooo unemployed l