BRITISH RAILWAYMAN.
MR. THOMAS' LEADERSHIP. STRIKE TALK DEPRECATED. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 12.30 a.m.) LONDON. July 6. At the annual conference of the National Union of Railwayman a motion submitted by the executive to remove Mr. J. H. Thomas, M.P., from the supreme headship of the union was defeated by 57 votes to 17. Mr. Thomas, addressing the conference, said that what the organisation needed was a reaffirmation of its belief that State ownership was the only permanent solution of the railway problem. They were faced with decontrol of the railways on August 15. It was absolutely certain that some railways would not pay a dividend nor pay pre-war wages. He saw nothing in the situation that warranted the assumption that there would be a strike. The conference is heatedly discussing in camera the action of the executive in calling off the Triple Alliance strike.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17828, 8 July 1921, Page 7
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