ONLY TWO ON DUTY

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 69, Issue 77, 11 January 1949, Page 3

ONLY TWO ON DUTY

Dismantling of Steel Works

MEN MAY BE BROUGHT FROM BRUNSWICK

. (N.Z.P. A.—Copyright) (Eec. 10.2 d a.m.) LONDON, Jan. 10 Only two of the 21 German labourers ordered to start dismantling at Bochumer Yerein Steel Plant, this morning reported for duty, says the British United Press correspondent at Bochum. Two failed to turn up, seven refused to enter the workshops-, and 10 others remained outside the gates, “waiting for a peaceful settlement” inside the plant.

. The German management and union officials continued to argue about the British military Government’s order for the dismantling of the plant for reparations. Two hundred Germans’ normally employed at the plant stood outside in the \Cold abusing and threatening the workers they saw going through the gates. _ British authorities say they will bring 120 men from Brunswick tomorrow to work on dismantling. Franz Mueser (Director of Bochumer Verein) said he had received no answer to a cabled appeal he sent to President Truman, General Marshall and the United States Congress.