MINERS' FEDERATION

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 126, 1 June 1927, Page 9

MINERS' FEDERATION

WHY MR. HODGES RESIGNED

(United Press Association.—Copyright.) LONDON, 30th May. Mr. Frank Hodges, interviewed, said that a sub-committee consisting of M. D'Jardin (Belgium), Herr ; Husemann (Germany), and Mr. W. P. Richardson (England) had inquired whether his acceptance of the post on the Electricity Board was incompatible with "his duties as secretary of the Mirers' Federation. M. D'Jardin and H'err Husemann had reported that there.iras no incompatibility, but Mr. Richardson disagreed with ■ them. Nevertheless, Mr. Hodges had decided to resign owing to hi s desire to regain his unfettered liberty. The service of his fellow men was making increased calls on his time, especially full collaboration in the task of enabling the British mines to gain a share of the advantages of the higher technique of applied science and sound industrial organisation.

A message published yesterday stated that at a meeting of the International Miners' Federation in Paris, Mr. Hodges was bitterly criticised- by Messrs. A. J. Cook and Herbert Smith for his actions during the British general strike and miners' strike. He resigned his position as secretary of the federation, this being stated to be technically due to his acceptance of a position on the Government Electricity Commission.