GENERAL STRIKE.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18905, 21 January 1927, Page 11

GENERAL STRIKE.

T.U.C.'S PART. COUNCIL'S REPORT PUBLISHED. i'ET CABLE—FBESS ASSOCIATION—COfYBIOHT.) (AUSTIULIAX AND S.z. CASH ASSOCIATION.) LONDON, January 19The first section of the Trade Union Council's report on the general strike is the main report prepared for the conference of the executives of.affiliated unions which the Council convoked for June 25th last, in consequence excommunications received from a number ol unions, but this conference was postponed following representations that it, and the publication of tho report, would prejudice the Miners' Federation in its conduct of the mining dispute. The report, which is dated June 16th. 1926, concludes by doclaring:— "The strike terminated for one sufficient reason onlv, namely, that in view of the attitude of the Miners' Federation its continuance would have rendered its purpose futile. "The Council regrets that so great a demonstration of loyalty to the tradeunion movement found so little practical appreciation and response on the part of those for whom the sacrifice was made. "The Council has no excuses to offer and no apologies to make for tho conduct of the strike or its termination, end unhesitatingly asks the conference to endorse the report and to approve its action." The second section is a supplement describing work after the strike, and the policy of the Council in relation to the mining dispute. It concludes by describing both documents as: "Tho record of the most momentous, spontaneous, and self-sac-rificing effort in the history of the trade union movement on behalf of a section of its members. The question whether the ultimate advantages of the effort are commensurate with the sacrifices involved cannot yet be fully measured, but the Council believes that the loyalty, enthusiasm and unselfish devotion shown will in the light of the experience gained, enable the movement to unite and strengthen its forces."