WOOL FOR SPAIN

Chronicle (Levin), 7 August 1946, Page 7

WOOL FOR SPAIN

LOADING RECOMMENDED WELLINGTON, August 6. The New Zealand Eedoration of Labour, in a motion carried yesterday, has reeommended to the Auckland Trades Couneil that the wool for Epain should be loaded. A consigument at Auckland was declared black last week j and has been hekl there, and wool at Wellington has alsq reiJiained ou the whai-f pendiiig a decision of the fedcration. Eo far no action has been taken by tlie waterside workers but tlio New Zealand Waterside Workers' Union nation- . al ollicials are meeting today to discuss the matter. Branches will probaiily follow the decisipn of the natioual ofl'cials. The Auckland branc.h holds its weekly stop-work meeting on Thursday. The text of the Federation of Labour motion, which was carried unaniniously, is as follows: — "The natioual exeeutive of the Federation of Labour lias given consideration to the Auckland Trades Couneil decision in whicli it lias called upon Auckland trade unions not to load avoo! for j fSpain. After receipt of cabled advicei from the president of the World Federa | tion of Trade L'niotis (Hir Walter Cit-j rine) and from tlie Australiau and Newj Zealand delegate to the W.F.T.U. execu- j tive comniittee (Alr. A. E. Alonkj, in which both men advise that after consideration of tlie question Ihe World Federation did not adopt an econoinic [ boycott against .Sjiain, tlie natioual exeeutive of the New Zealand Federation of Labour is of tlie opinion tliat ihe proposal not to loail wool for' Spaiu is j contrary to tlie decision of tlie W.F.T.U. and it calls upon the Auckland Trades! Couneil to withdraw the decision askiug . trade unionists not to load the wool for i iSpain. ' ' | The Federation of Labour states that l at the exeeutive meeting- of the) W.F.T.F. on .Juiie 17 u resolntion on j 'Spain reeomniended to all nalioiniH trade uuiou centres again to request' tlieir governinent to support tlie liqui- f dation of tlie Franco (lictatorsliip and I tlie breaking oif of relations -with the i Franco regiiue. Tlie resolntion advo- ! catod anti-Frauco demoustrations and j urged that resolutiuns should be ado])- : ted expressing solidarity with tlie1 Bpanish people Jigliting- for liborty 1 whether ou iSpuuisli soil or in exile. ; There was no coininont ou the nuinnei I in which anti-Frauco demoustrations should be orgauised or ou any other j action considered appropriate in the centres concerued. ■ The Auckland consigjiment totals ; about oU, 0()(J bales of wool sonie of which was to be loaded ou tlie. l>ril ish ' steanier Banilyth u.'fitil the waterside \ workers and tlie Auckland Trades Coun- / cil declared it "black." Loadixg oi M other cargo on the 'Hamlyth proeeeded. ' At Wellington a .consiginneilt' neing ' loaded on the Kaiigi,uki was held on tlie! wharf after about J\alf had been loaded and some 17)00 bales reniain. 11' the , Auckland Trades C.ouuci] and the Waterside Workers accqde to the request of the Federation of Labour it is exjiectedi iiiot/h vjOiisiiig-.iunen.ts v\_i 11 be loaded in tlie next few days.; / ' " '