BROMLEY’S RESIGNATION

Grey River Argus, 1 May 1931, Page 6

BROMLEY’S RESIGNATION

The Unemployment Board and its wage-reducing, union-splitting schemes came in for the strongest condemnation at the annual meeting of the Alliance of Labour, tin* Industrial Open Conference. and the annua' eonfen-m-e of the Labour Party. The general opinion expre sed at these conferences was that the Unemployment Art was the scabbiest piece of legislation that has been enacted against the workers. Bad as the Act is, the schemes formulated by the Unemployment Board are infinitely wore. S> bad were the schemes that it was the unanimous opinion that both the Act and the schemes should be strapped. Those whose wages have been reduced by these schemes loath them and the Board. So widespread was this feeling of detestation that Mr W. Bromley, sensing it. tardily tendered his resignation from th? Board. Mr Bromley alleged that it was pressure! of Labour Party work that necessitated his withdrawal from the wagereducing Board. Tt is difficult, to believe that he should resign at this late hour merely for that reason. After reading the report of the Open Conference, and hearing the opinion expressed of the Unemployment Board and its schemes by Mr H. E. Holland, M.P., when he spoke on the question of Mr Bromley retaining his position as assistant secretary of the Labour Party whilst a member of the Board, it seems probable that it was not pressure of work that forced Mr Bromley to resign, but pressure of workingclass opinion. i