NO DECISION ON STRIKE

Taranaki Daily News, 19 February 1931, Page 5

NO DECISION ON STRIKE

UNIONISTS’ WILD MEETING STOPPAGE STRONGLY URGED LOST STANDARD OF LIVING GREAT TRAGEDY FORETOLD By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Rec. 1.10 a.m. Sydney,. Feb. .18. The militant section of the Australian Council of Trades Union Congress 6ittihg at Sydney to-day, submitted a recommendation for a general strike beginning on February 25. An attempt was made to paek the meeting. Fights occurred with the doorkeepers and disorderly scenes were enacted at various stages of the proceedings but no decision was reached. Mr. J. fe. Garden was a most prominent advocate for a strike.

The president, Mr. Duggan, said that they had met in a hush that foretold a <rreat tragedy. A quarter of a million Australians were on the verge of starvation and many more were in danger of being crushed by the weight and power of machinery they themsehes had created. The Press, the pulpit and the courts denied men a decent standard of living and forced them to endure many tortures. They looked on Labour to regain for them their lost employment and standard of living. Supporters of the general strike piopoaals said they feared that if the con•rrees resolutions were passed ealhng oi- the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency and the Government refused, the New South Wales premier might make a drastic move to declare a state of national emergency in thia State which would counter a general strike. . The secretary, Mr Cross, dealing with uneiifblOyiiieiit, said the political machine was inadequate to cope With the situation. The only means to secure a eatishictory result would be a declaration by the Federal Government of a state of national emergency, enabling Arbitration COurt decisions to be overridden so that the workers could obtain whatever industrial conditions they deeirtxL

OBJECTION TO FORECLOSURES.

PLAN TO BOYCOTT AUCTIONEERS.

Sydney, Feb. 18.

The Farmed’ hnd Settlers’ Association in the Forbes district has passed a resolution in favour of boycotting auctioneers attempting to hold foreclosure sales.