INDUSTRIAL LABOUR

Evening Star, Issue 23123, 24 November 1938, Page 20

INDUSTRIAL LABOUR

BROADCAST ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT [Per United Press Association.) WELLINGTON. Nov. 23. The quarterly meeting of the National Council of the New Zealand Federation of Labour was continued in Wellington to-day. It will be resumed to-morrow morning and will probably continue till Friday night. The national secretary (Mr F. D. Cornwell) in a statement tonight"'said that a deputation from the meeting had discussed , policy questions and industrial affairs generally with a number of Ministers. Asked whether any representations would be made on the subject of the Court of Arbitration. Mr Cornwell said there would not. The court was due in Wellington on De'cember 9 and expected to [clear up the greater part of its work here before Christmas. Any further consideration of the position would be deferred till the New Year. In his address to the conference on the opening day the Prime Minister (Mr Savage) said it was probable he would invite representatives of the Industrial Labour Movement to speak to the workers over the national radio network in connection with the Government’s plans for new economic development. Mr Cornwell said to-night that actually this question had been under consideration by the federation for some time, and it had already prepared a statement of its attitude and sent it to the broadcasting authorities. If the national president of the federation (Mr A. McLagan) were in Wellington at the time he would make a broadcast on behalf of the federation.