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co-operation of the two countries in mutual advance towards Socialism and Peace. Th Socialist Government should work in unison with the Soviet Union, whether in regard to econominc agreements, the League of Nations. Disarmament or Peace.

Lords and People

In our view the proposals we have outlined as urgent measures necessary to save the people of this country from disaster and to secure their social well-being will make drastic constitutional changes necessary.

So long as the House of Lords exists with its powers of obstruction and delay no measures commensurate with the needs of the present situation are possible. The House of Lords is the bulwark of private property and reaction. The Parliament Act is not a method for expediting change but a means of delay which permits sabotage and playing for time whilst Reaction outside Parliament is given the opportunity to destroy a Socialist Government.

The seriousness of the crisis, the drastic nature of the measures which are necessary to overcome it, demand speed and decisiveness of action. Socialists want to make the House of Commons and effective instrument of democracy. Once the people of this country elect a Socialist Government the will of the people must prevail and obstructions to the coming of Socialism must be removed. The House of Lords must be abolished; all the powers of constitutional government, emergencey or otherwise, that have been freely used in the past must, if the need arises, be employed to ensure the fulfillment of the People's will.

Forward to Socialism!

Socialists stand for true Freedom and real Democracy, but are opposed to the time-wasting and obstructive use of Capitalist democratic procedure, which had brought Parliamentary government into disrepute and on which the propaganda for Fascism fastens. Parliament must become a workshop.

The issue is joined between the defenders of private ownership of the means of production, which spreads disaster and chaos throughout society, and the supporters of Socialism, which alone can remove poverty and bring prosperity and well-being to the Common People.

There is no time to lose. We must act and act quickly and decisively. The longer Capitalism continues the more will

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poverty, distress, unemployment, misery and slumdon curse this country, the more certainly will the men, women and children of Britain be dragged into the desolation and devastation of war.

Let the slogan be :--

CLOSE UP THE RANKS!

FORWARD TO SOCIALISM!

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