48. Langridge, H. E.

Free bread : true Labour's first step, a bloodless revolution / by Harry E. Langridge. (Melbourne : H.E. Langridge, 1930)

Harry Langridge was active in left wing circles in Melbourne over a long period. He believed in the communist ideal and was hopeful that the Labour Party and the Communist party could form a united front. To clarify his position he prefixes a "Note",

Though communaliser in ideal, the author is socialist before communist, and is Labourist before either. The so-named "Labour" party’s objective is a communising one; it excludes "Communist-Party"-ites but not communists.

In this book he outlines a plan for government intervention to alleviate the plight of those suffering through the Depression.