WAGE REDUCTION.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20094, 25 November 1930, Page 14

WAGE REDUCTION.

MR SEMPLE DENIES A RUMOUR. I THE PfcESS Special Service. 1 WISLINGTON. November 24. As a result of hi> nction in proyei)t r jng a demonstration by Gojnmunjsts at the unemployed deputation to the Government 011 Thursday lftgt, Mr R. Semple, M.P., hWs tliot the Co«>inunists aro spreading the statement Hi fit be stands tor a reduction in wages. To-dav Mr (Semplo sjaid th»t he ha«J done all on* man ooijld do to obtain for tho vvorkex-s of New Zealand a decent living ivago, and had alway§ stood for the p.nynient of full trade union wages. Thp reason why he ha 4 stopped tho ilomonstration cnusp the doctrines preaohec} by these nicn woul.l only do harm to those seeking work The promulgation of the vile doctrines of Moscow would tlestrov all the decent things the people o! tlie Dominion stood for, and he would fight them to the death. The workers of New Zealand oould attain their objective only by constitutional means, anil the Communists with their destructive doctrines could do nothing but damage to the country. , *'f stand uncompromisingly for standard trade union wages for all those who dehire work," said Mr Semple. 'but T have no time for wasters. The Communists ara simply using tjie uncmployerl in nrdsr to Rjjrpnd their vicious propaganda, and I for one will c-ppose them at every opportunity.''