SKULL CRACKERS
LABOUR PROPOSALS. TO CIRCUMVENT HOOLIGANISM. REJECTED BY SCOTTISH CONGRESS (Aust. & N.Z. Cable Assn.) (Received April 24, 11.45 a.m.) LONDON, April 23. There was a lively discussion at the Scottish Trade Union Congress, Inverness, on a resolution submitted by the Glasgow Trddes Council, suggesting the formation of a Workers’ Defence Corp, for the purpose of facing organised hooliganism at Labour meetings. One speaker said the resolution would put Into the hands of the employers arguments and reasons why they should employ gunmen against the workers, loading to anarchy In the worst form. A member of the General Council said if they introduced a Defence Corps, or an army of skull crackers, it would mean chaos on both sides. The proposer of the resolution said the day had passed when their speakers could expect protection from the police. The motion was defeated by a large majority.
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Waikato Times, Volume 100, Issue 16780, 24 April 1926, Page 7
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146SKULL CRACKERS Waikato Times, Volume 100, Issue 16780, 24 April 1926, Page 7
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