BRIDGEHEAD WON

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 21852, 24 October 1945, Page 7

BRIDGEHEAD WON

STANDARDS OF LIFE VITAL SERVICE OF 1.L.0. N.Z. DELEGATE'S PRAISE (Special Correspondent.) (10 a.m.) LONDON. Oct. 23. ‘‘We are now'standing on the threshold of a new order, and it is unthinkable that the aid of .the International Labour Organisation, with its traditions, experience and knowledge, should not be used to the fullest extent in establishing the objectives laid down in the Atlantic Charter, the Declaration of Philadelphia, and the Charter of the United Nations,” said Mr. H. E. Moston, secretary of the Department of Labour, addressing the plenary session of the 1.L.0. conference in Paris. Referring to the hopes for the extension of wartime collaboration to the transition period and for all time, Mr. Moston said he believed that the solution of matters between opposing forces could -generally be solved when the opposing forces agree to come together with nonest and sincere intent to adjust their differences. Collaboration Principle Mr. Moston recalled that in New Zealand, when the war broke out, it was soon evident that many peacetime conditions in Industrial agreements and awards would have to be relaxed. It was to the credit of the workers’ representatives that they conceded many hard-won privileges to assist the war effort and, in every case, submitted to the Industrial Emergency Council. A unanimous recommendation was made by the council to the Minister of Labour. “It is to be expected that the spirit which prevailed during the dark days of the war will change to some extent With the return of peacetime conditions,” said Mr. Moston. “However, great problems during the transition period confront the workers and it is here that an endeavour should be made to capitalise on the experience of collaboration during tlpe war period. “This conference is charged to give emphasis and seek with all its powers to establish the future permanence of the International Labour Organisation. It has secured a bridgehead in the march towards higher standards of living and social progress. The bridgehead had been held and widened, sometimes against 1 heavy opposition. It must be made still more secure 1 .”