eking class to put an ond to this ate of affairs look place at the pinning of 1919, when a 'Hands T Russia committee was formed London shop stewinds, Similar immittees sprung up across the untry and in September a national TELL MORSEUEUHECSLIS onsorship of a number of leading ade unionists The Hands off Russur immittees campaigoed steadfastly for dustrial action to end the intervention. In April 1919, at a spocial joint bour Party TUC conference an reign affairs, the Yorkshire mincrs confully moved a resolution which led for an end to military inter ation in Russia It was repeated at June's Labour tty conterunce, when a Triple lance sponsored resoldtion calling on the Party to approach the TUC "with a view to effective action being Taken to cations these demands by the unroverved use of their political and industrial power', was carried by a 2-to-1 vote.
When, a month later, neither the TIE hor the Labour Purty leaders Trai made any move the Triple Alliance decided to go it alone. A special meeting af the Alliance on 23 July agreed to hold a ballot of their combined mcmbership asking them if they were wiling to stake to put an end to British military Intervention in Russia.
The threat alone proved strong enough. Within one week the Government was in full retreat, and bad announced that all British troops would be withdrawn from Russin by the end of summer. diate.
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