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President Of Miners' Federation Resigns "SECRET FUND" ALLEGATION Rec. 1 p.m. SYDNEY, this day. Mr. Charles Nelson has resigned from the position of general president of the Miners' Federation. The central council of the federation will decide next week whether his resignation will be accepted or whether Mr. Nelson will be asked to remain in office. Mr. Nelson's action is the sequel to the finding of the Royal Commissioner. Sir Pereival Halse Rogers, following his investigation into the "secret fund" allegation.
The commissioner found that £300 was paid out of an account established in the name of the Australian Democratic Front to the president of the Miners' Federation, Mr. Charles Nelson. This sum was handed over by a former assistant Government publicity officer, Joseph Winkler, under instructions from the then Federal Attorney-General. Mr. W. M. Hughes, with the approbation of the then acting-Prime Minister, Mr. A. W. Fadden. The object was to secure industrial peace in the coal industry during the war, and the money was meant for a campaign to achieve that result. Such a campaign was not conducted.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 281, 27 November 1941, Page 7
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