LABOUR CONSCRIPTION

Grey River Argus, 14 May 1945, Page 4

LABOUR CONSCRIPTION

AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT’S ATTITUDE. (Rec.' 11.0.) MELBOURNE, May 13. The compulsory direction of labour in Australia would end with the defeat of the Japanese. The Federal Minister of Labour, Hon. Mr. Holloway, told this to a conference of trade union leaders. “This is one control which will not be continued one minute longer than is necessary,” he said. “Manpower controls, like all national security regulations, could be continued for six months alter final victory, but the Government wishes to abolish the manpower controls as soon as’possible.” Mr. Holloway commented on a statement by Mr. Churchill that conscription might be necessary in Britain for some years. Mr. Holloway Solid that he would oppose any form of such compulsion in Australia, even for post-war home defence.