SEAMEN’S HOPES DASHED
NO RELAXATION OP REGULATIONS
AUSTRALIAN OWNERS CONTENT WITH VOLUNTEERS
Ja-eVarviary 15, iz.ou a.m.j MELBOURNE, February 14. The seamen’s hopes of obtaining a relaxation of the licensing regulations were finally dashed to-day, when the Federal AttorneyrGeneral (Mr R. G. Menzies) issued a statement that the regulations were unavoidable because of the strike. Replying to assertions that the volunteers were incompetent, he said that he had enquired from the shipowners,- who had claimed that the majority of the men were competent; and that the ships were being efficiently run. The owners wanted the regulations continued, to ensure the smooth running of the industry. Provision had been made for the withdrawal of licenses from the volunteers who proved incompetent. Mr Menzies praised the efforts of th i officers of ihe Australian Council of Trades Unions to bring an end to a foolish strike; but said that no group stood to gain more from the Arbitration Court than, organised labour. If this court was to discharge its responsibility for industrial justice, the Government could not compromise. V.
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Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21708, 15 February 1936, Page 15
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