TRADE UNION CONGRESS.
LABOUR AND THE DOMINONS. CAPITAL FOB “DAILY HERALD.’’ fTJnited Pre«w Association—Sy JSlcrr.ric Teleeraj.l’ Copyright.) (Australian Ptees Association. I LONDON, Sept. 3. “Mr. Ben Tillett’is address to the Trade Union Congress will be read with no -little astonishment.’ says the “Daily Telegraph. ’’ “His darliug hope is no longer to smash the present organisation of industry, hut to acquire for the representatives of Labour a. recognised place in its direction and control. 11 the requisite machinery is once firmly established. the status of trade unionism will be immensely -proved.” The “Daily Chronicle’’ also expresses the opinion that organised Labour lias moved a long way from the errors of 1926. “IVe agree with Mr. Tillett that everything possible should be done to build up trade with the Dominion.” it says. “He throws out a practical suggestion that inter-Dominion conferences of organised Labour should la' held.” “Wc gather from the address that at last- the Trade Union Congress liegins to realise the importance of the British Empire- to the British workman,” says the “Morning Post.” “If the congress realises its value to workers. let it restrain the Rt. Hon. Phillip Snowden from doing away with preference to the Dominions.” j The “Daily News” entitles its lead- j er: “Trade Unions Look Ahead.’’ Il| specially approves of periodic conferences of organised Labour thnr ghoid ] tlie Empire. i
LONDON, Sept. 3. The Trades Union Congress lias approved of a scheme to- provide capital for the expansion of (he- “Daily Herald” to make it equal in size to other London morning dailies. If- has been rumoured Liral the scheme places the financial control under Oldhams Limited, a big firm of printers and publishers. The policy remains unchanged.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLIX, 5 September 1929, Page 8
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