HAILWAY DECONTROL BILL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15594, 10 August 1921, Page 6

HAILWAY DECONTROL BILL.

COMPANIES AND WORKERS. Klee ‘TU f.’‘V.'JTHE))I— prcss AssnJ . lAiiMrnlifin an.t N i canlc f>«in .l I (Received August 10, 2.1.) p.m.) 0 LONDON. August 9. I I 111 the House of Commons Mr llarncs li ! moved amendments to the Railway De- '* Control Bill, assurring the railwaymen of seven seats on the directorate of each a group of companies. He said the joint. , control of the industry would do more : that anyth ng else to lessen disputes. . The present proposal would give workers . an inside knowledge and a keener feeling , of responsibility. Mr. Thomas, in opposing the amendment. said that (lie amity between the companies and men would not he achieved by imposing conditions on the companies which they had previously l’e- • iectod. If the companies welcomed Mr. Barnes’ innovation, the workmen would jump at it.' It was agreed that • in the scheme already working there was 0 every opportunity for dealing with all '■ disputes If the workers were mistaken '* in agreeing to that scheme they were responsible. e » " d' PERSONAL TRTUMPIT FOR ,T. 11. THOMAS. 1 NEWCASTLE, England. .July 7.—The 0 National Union of Railwaymans conferjj enee after prolonged and heated discusW sion to-day, adopted by a vote of sixty K to twenty a resolution endorsing the s action of the executive committee of the r union in cancelling the pailway strike, 0 which was projected to assist the strib in. I miners dul'ing the coal stoppage. The result of the vote was received with II cheering, it being considered a . distinct triumph for the executive comr inittee and the constitutionalists ovei a those favoring direct action. The adopt tion of the resolution also was considered a great personal triumph for J. H. Thomas, leader of the railwaymen, who mainly was resnonsihle for the concellaft tion of I lie strike order .