The National Labour Party () was a liberal party created in September 1925 in

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. It was created from the split of the left-liberal part of

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. Central personalities of the party were Jan Herben and party chairman Jaroslav Stránský. In 1925 parliamentary elections party got only 1.38% of the votes. Since 1926, the party cooperated with, and in 1930 merged with the Czechoslovak National Socialist Party. The party was supported by public figures like

Karel Čapek Karel Čapek (; 9 January 1890 – 25 December 1938) was a Czech writer, playwright, critic and journalist. He has become best known for his science fiction, including his novel '' War with the Newts'' (1936) and play '' R.U.R.'' (''Rossum' ...

and

Ferdinand Peroutka Ferdinand Peroutka (6 February 1895 – 20 April 1978) was a Czech journalist and writer. A prominent political thinker and journalist during the First Czechoslovak Republic, Peroutka was persecuted by the Nazi regime for his democratic convict ...

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