Queensland Carpenters Attack Communists
BRISBANE, ApHl 19.
By a majority of more than two to one, 1200 members of the Brisbane branch of the Carpenters’ Union passed a vote of no-confidence in the chairman, Mr J. Sharpe, the Queensland president of the union. “We are determined to oust all Communists from office,” declared a rank-and-file spokesman. Mr Sharpe was criticed at an earlier meeting for imposing a levy to aid the Queensland transport strikers. Members are demanding a secret compulsory ballot under court supervision. OPPOSITE VIEWS Meanwhile, in Melbourne, a majority of the 4000 members of the Amalgamated Engineering Union endorsed the actions of Mr E. J. Rowe, a Communist, during the Queensland rail strike and congratulated the sti'ikors Those opposed to the motion said Mr Rowe had discredited the union and that the claims that the strike settlement had resulted in a victory for the workers was a sheer falsehood. _. in
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Grey River Argus, 20 April 1948, Page 5
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