Auckland Dispute Of Carpenters

Grey River Argus, 3 May 1949, Page 5

Auckland Dispute Of Carpenters

President’s Reply to Mr Walshe’s Charge CHRISTCHURCH, May 2. Mr F. L. Langley, President of the N.Z. Carpenters' Union, commented on the report by Mr F. P. Walsh in the annual meeting of the Wellington Trades Council, in which Mr Walsh stated that all the evidence in the Auckland carpenters’ dispute revealed that it was organised by and came undei’ the control of the Communist Party. Air Langley said:—“The press t>. Wellincton. the Trades Council (Mr F. P. Walsh) and others of his ilk used the Communists as scapegoats for the purpose of hiding their ■ own activities. As the author of the misleading re;jort on the carpenters' dispute, Mr V. alsh has inflicted ex er, more harm on the Labour movement than bv lux notorious report Known as the ‘Walsh report.’ So long as the indu.'-ti:al and political Labour movements tolerate the power that ihumar wH-lds, so must they ext.eel. in the in meciate fiituic to become weaker. No one knows thi>.-better tnan th? e:* ployers’ repxesentati /es and the 'xcr.7 newspapers. lha-. Jwhy both are ready, to quote him when onposing wage increases for the workers or reporting half-truths regarding inaiP-tria! disputes.