BRITISH LABOUR

Waikato Times, Volume 128, Issue 21409, 1 May 1941, Page 9

BRITISH LABOUR

PROUD OF CHURCHILL STAND WITH GOVERNMENT AIR POWER PREDICTION (By Telegraph.—Press Association) WELLINGTON, Wednesday The national unity in Great Britain at present was emphasised by Mr William Holmes, past president of the Trades Union Congress and general secretary of the National Union of Agricultural Workers in the United Kingdom, replying today to a welcome at a luncheon given by the Government. “The working class movement stands with the Government,” he said. “We do not ask what Government it is so long as it has been elected by the people in a democratic way. Mr Churchill may not belong to the party to which we belong, but we are proud of him. He typifies the English outlook at present and he will see us through if he gets the proper backing.” Mr Holmes said that whatever the differences among the people of Great Britain, there was one thing on which they were always united—that the country that gave them their freedom and liberty came first. There were many things the trade union movement disagreed with, but attempts to right them were being left to a more propitious occasion. Loss of property did not worry them much. The skilful fingers of the working class and the brains of te\hnical experts could raise great towns and cities once more. “New factories are going up,” said Mr Holmes, “and not only will these soon be producing munitions of war, tut I believe before this year is out we will be masters of the air not only in the daytime but also at night.” At the suggestion of the Prime Minister all stood in silence as a tribute to the British, Australian and New Zealand troops fighting in Greece, and to the Greeks.