PREFERENCE TO UNIONISTS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 2 November 1922, Page 4

PREFERENCE TO UNIONISTS.

To the Editor. ,_ Sir, —The point raised by *' Unionist" ia easily answered; Of course the Liberals did originate the law allowing' preference to unionists, but Mr Corrigan cannot be held responsible for the actions of the Liberals of a decade ago, when he does not even accept responsibility for his own Liberal com- ' rades of to-day. Mr Corrigan is independent enough to disagree with his I party on such matters as proportional representation, the dairy pool, the one big union, and a dozen other matters, so why should he be "bound by the acts of previous Liberal Governments. As Mr Corrigan said, there are only two j forces- in the country to-day—extreme j capital and extreme labour. Mr Corrigan made it abundantly clear that he will have no truck with the latter, so * presumably he is working in the interests of the *■ other foree —extreme capital. Now it has been for some time demanded by extrme capital that preference to unionists shall be abolished, and Mr Corrigan in identifying himself

with this demand is only showing us as clearly as he can where he stands. Etoir~ could Mr Corrigan be in favour of retaining preference to unionists when he is generally regarded as the sworn enemy of Labour?—l am, etc., CAPITALIST.