GREEK LABOUR PARTY

Waikato Times, Volume 130, Issue 21720, 5 May 1942, Page 2

GREEK LABOUR PARTY

MAY DAY MESSAGE (By Telegraph.—Press Association) j WELLINGTON, Monday The following telegram was received to- < day by the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. P. Fraser, from Mr Aristides Dimitratos, 1 j general secretary of the Greek Labour '■ ; Party and the National Confederation of Greek Labour. New York:—" Greek Labour, who carry on the struggle of shaking : oft' the yoke of slavery and generally for the liberation of enslaved people, on the < occasion of May Day, pay a tribute to the memory of the heroic sons of New Zealand who fell fighting together in Olympus, Thermopylae and Crete. Greek Lab--1 our and the agrarians co-operating with ■ ! them, assure you, a leader and an old j lighter, of the sentiment of their full sympathy and mutual solidarity toward the light of the heroic people of your country, ! which is also the fight of the Greeks.” j Mr Fraser has replied:—" I have re- | ceived your fine message sent on behalf i I of Greek Labour and agrarians and thank ! ; you and all friends concerned for this ex- , | pression of their comradeship in our com- j 1 mon struggle for the freedom of mankind. I I Your tribute to our brave men, both 1 Maori and European, who fought and fell for liberty on the historic soil of Greece, along with your heroic countrymen, will ;be highly appreciated by the people of New Zealand. •• We, in turn, pay an equally sincere tribute to the sons of Greece, who gave their lives in the defence of their country, and to those who arc still so courageously carrving on the struggle. Your message is all the more moving and inspiring because of the present circumstances of your country under Nazi and Fascist tyranny. Your pledge is reciprocated, not only by the Labour movement of our Dominion, but also by all our citizens.”