LABOUR CONGRESS.

Waikato Times, Volume 109, Issue 18258, 20 February 1931, Page 7

LABOUR CONGRESS.

AN UGLY SITUATION

DELEGATION TO CANBERRA

PRESSURE ON GOVERNMENT

United Press Aasn g^g|?E^ el Fe C b? y iif An extremely ugly situation developed outside the congress meeting place in the Sydney Trades Hall. The Red element chalked on the footpath inflammatory appeals to precipitate a revolt, and made many . unsuccessful attempts to gain admission. Fman> the police were compelled to arrest three of the ringleaders. The proposal for a general strike has been temporarily shelved. Amid uproarious scenes the congress of the Australian Council o Trades Unions to-day decided to send a delegation to Canberra to demand that the Federal Government shall iinediately declare “a state of national emergency.” Messrs Chapman, Douglas, Lrofts, Hoare and Garden will comprise the delegation. They will endeavour to compel the Government to take action along the lines of Mr Garden’s amendments to the general strike proposal and mainly to prevent the 10 per cent, wage cut.

LATER,

FURTHER DEMANDS,

RELEASE OF COMMUNISTS.

United Press Assn.—Elec, Tel. Copyright, (Received February 20, 1f.30 a.m.j SYDNEY, February 20. The Australian Council of Trades Unions has decided lo demand 'the release of the Communists recently imprisoned in connection with the outrage on a house at Clovelly, also to protest to the Federal Government in support of the Malay and Japanese divers on the pearling grounds, who, desiring to preserve their living conditions, have to face dismissal on Satutday.