Brief Storm in House Of Commons
Received Tuesday, 8.25 p.m. LONDON, Nov. 13. A storm arose in the House of Commons when a Socialist member, Mr. Silverman, discovered a sub-section in the Bill to provide dockers with regular work, under which it was stated that a docker could be imprisoned for three months if he chose not to work for the employer to whom he was allocated. Mr. Silverman, who was generally supporting the Bill, described the provision as mischievous and dangerous. Several Liberal members strongly supported Mr. Silverman’s attack and declared that the British workman’s most sacred right was freedom to choose his work and employer. Mr. Ness Edwards, replying for the Government, said it must be like Mr. Silverman to seize on a flaw in the Bill, tear it to shreds and give the House an intellectual treat.
Mr. Edwards gave an assurance that dockers’ ordinary breach of contract under the scheme would not be deemed an offence which would bring him before a Criminal Court.
The Bill thereafter rapidly passed the second reading.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 70, Issue 269, 14 November 1945, Page 7
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