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TRADE UNION BILL MOVE,S
HOGG AND HARVEY AT ODDS
(United Press Association.—Copyright ) Tti -cr LONDON, Ist June! in the House of Commons, tho discussion 011 the clause in the Trade Unions Bill permitting the Attorney' General to obtain an injunction reTrFiE I*/ th° a K>HeatioIi ol Trade Union funds to an illegal strike, pro-duced-a legal duel betwten Sir Douglas Hogg Mr. Henry Harney (L.) -Ue latter assailed th clause as a backstair method of giving the Attorneygeneral unprecedented powers. Sir Douglas Hogg quoted at length statutes and precedents. , :Mr. Harney indignantly protested that Sir Douglas was supercilious and patronising, whereupon the Conservatives shouted him down ,Sir Douglas Hogg explained that the , clause applied to aii employer ,'s union in exactly tho same way as to the lvorkmen's union if ,it supported a lock-out. An individual employer who utilised private funds for "such a purpose was liable to imprisonment for three months. • . The clause was carried by 235 votes to 135.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 128, 3 June 1927, Page 7
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163CLAUSE BY CLAUSE Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 128, 3 June 1927, Page 7
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