THE ARBITRATION COURT.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20463, 5 February 1932, Page 14

THE ARBITRATION COURT.

ro TJBE EDITOR OF THX i !t£S3 Sir,—The remarks of Sir Harold Beauchamp, as reported in your issue of February 2nd, are not a day too soon. Also the lines of "A.W." printed in The Press a . few months ago are well worth repeating: 'Tis true the clock won't go, my dear; Its usefulness is spent-, "We'll keep it on the mantelpiece Just for an ornament.

Without doubt it is one of the costliest ornaments ever, placed on the Statutes of this Dominion. F.t is truo that the original Act was not the monster machine it .is to-day. As Sir Harold points, out, the army of Union secretaries are the product of "preference to unionists." With, .the aid o!' the Court they have placed the industrial machine in a straight-jacket. Theninfluence at the Court -with the uneconomic adult suffrage behind them m Government and local body representation, are the implements that liajo largely contributed to the financial muddle \ye arc in to-day. In your issue of to-day (February 4tli), '"Veritas" suggests that critics should be prepared to give constructive remedies in the interest of the majorities. My reply is that to remove a cesspi <I is itself constructive. Tho Arbitration Court and the adult franchise (one adult one are exercising a baneful influence on the body politic. A case in point: Tho reported meeting of the City Council, in your issue of February 2nd. One fully endorses all that ""V eritas ' states re the Arbitration Court, and Parliamentary interference with the indu3 trial machine. It is to be hoped that the present Government, vrith its ™ ail " date from the people, ivill act boldly.Tours, etc.,. A. f>. February 4th ;