NAVY TRADE UNIONS

Grey River Argus, 27 March 1928, Page 5

NAVY TRADE UNIONS

COMMUNIST LITERATURE MAKES AUTHORITIES ANXIOUS. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) (Received March 26 at 7.30 p.m.) LONDON, March 26. The Communists are again trying to capture the Briflsh Navy. They have recently succeeded in distributing a large quantity of seditious literature at both the ship and the shore establishments. The Daily Mail says: The Communists’ object is to influence the delegates at the Lower Deck Welfare Conference, which meets at Chatham in April, and to induce them to make extravagant demands on the Admiralty. It is suggested, for instance, that special pay should be claimed for the ceremonial parades. One according to the Daily News, idealises the naval conditions which may exist under a Communist regime, another urges the formation of Naval Trades Unions. The police and the naval authorities are taking action to prevent the further dissemination of the literature among the men o* the navy.