BRITISH COAL CRISIS.
COMMISSION’S REPORT,
LABOUR’S EXPECTATIONS,
BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT
LONDON, Feb. 28. The momentous report of the commission on the coal mine, industry is expected to appear during the coming week. Labourites devoted the usual Sunday speeches to a discussion of the possibilities of a conflict. Mr A. J. Cook (secretary of the British Miners’. Federation) said that until May he would work night and day for peace. He believed they were going to win the greatest victory in the annals of Labour, and, he hoped, without a struggle, but he warned the Government and-the owners of the coal mines that if they started a struggle it would he the end of capitalism. Mr T. C. Cramp (general, secretary of the National Union of Railwaymen), speaking at Nuneaton, said that if an attempt was made to reduce the standard of living of the miners the latter would receive the united support of all trade unions. Nevertheless, unlike some of his friends, he did not foresee the inevitability of a great crisis.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 2 March 1926, Page 5
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