AUSTRALIAN UNIONS.
SUPPORT FOR WAR POLICY.
FEDERAL ANTI RED PURGE. Received April 20, 11.20 a.m. SYDNEY, April 20. The Congress of the Australasian Council of Trade Unions carried by 67 votes to 65 a motion submitted by the executive supporting the Federal Labour Party’s war policy. Amendments expressing opposition to the war on Socialist grounds were defeated. At Canberra the acting-Minister for Information (Sir Henry Gullett) announced that “Communist newspapers as such will cease publication within the next fortnight.” All Communist pamphlets, and leaflets will be subject to the most rigorous censorship and will be forbidden altogether to deal with certain subjects. Sir Henry said Communist publications were the voice of the avowed enemies of both the Australian and Allied war efforts and of the constitutional government of Australia and the Empire.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 121, 20 April 1940, Page 7
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