SLAVE CAMPS IN SOVIET UNION
N.Z. Labour Federation Wants Investigation WELLINGTON, Last Night (PA). —A thorough investigation of reported allegations of intolerable conditions in Russian labour camps would be urged by the New Zealand Federation of Labour, said the secretary (Mr. K. McL. Baxter) reporting today the decision of the National Council of the Federation. Mr. Baxter said the trade union movement of Russia would be asked to urge on their Government the full and free investigation by impartial representatives of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. The New Zealand Federation of Labour would also ask that the matter be taken up by the New Zealand Government, through its representative on the Economic and Social Council (Mr. James Thorn), who is chairman of the Council
All information received in reply to these proposals would be placed before the annual conference of the Federation of Labour in May, said Mr. Baxter.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 18 February 1949, Page 5
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