LABOUR UNITY
' COMMUNIST PROPOSAL
; Appealing, for unity-; in the.trade union movement .in. New Zealand,. Mr. L. Sim, general secretary of the Communist . Party, expressed the.. Opinion that the Labour Party con/.irem.e :to be held at Easter would be one. of the most important political events, in the history of New Zealand, because the decisions of the conference-would go a long; way in' guiding the Labour Government in the.future, because the :representation at .the confererfce would be the, widest representation of anysimilar cohferenceiahdi7 because '. the conference was .being:held when,; the world was at the cross-roads'between Fascism and Democracy.:' T.he conference' could, by accepting, the affiliation: proposal' of' the ' Cohimunist; Party, lay a very solid foundation v for the 'erection*:'of'.a political, edifice, the' structure of which • would'be capable; of leading and.guidirig- the. people of' New Zealand towards .-their complete1 political and economics-emancipation. •
Concerning the ; possibilities' of ;an all-in trade union- congress'in. New Zealand, Mr.- Sim stated ; that;. it 'was fairly obvious: at "the 'moment: that; all sections of the trade ;union. movementwere desirous of bringing about unity in the -movement: ■• ■ This movement. for unity had been originally: planned by, a joint meeting of the Alliance •of Labour and Trades and*' ; Labour Council, and Mr.- Sim.i stated that in his opinion the whole: of the trade union movement; in: New Zealand should realise that, only- by; cooperating: with the Alliance of Labour arid Trades and Labour Council would they best be- serving- the interests of the 'trade union- movement. The threats of Fascism, and the possibilities, of another 'war, should, stimulate^ every, person ■ interested in the .welfare of mankind to do everything. in : his or her power to build up unity both on the political.and the. industrial fields, and any attempt;,to disrupt, or disorganise either .the-;, political,: movement or- the .industrial movement should be sharply, combated...' by ~: all lovers of. peace, and. progress. ; ■ . ■ : :
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 40, 17 February 1937, Page 5
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