DOMINION MONARCH'S CREW DISOWN LETTER
"BLACKIiEGGING WOULD BE UNTHINKABLE' ' WELLT'NGTON, Jan. 9. A second letter has been sent to the press from the crew of the Dominion Monarch. It states: "We, the undersigned, wish to dissoeiate onrselves f ro in the letter signed 'The Crew of the Dominion Monareh j ^whieh. was ryi'ritten i withput (he know;leil&e"or- assenf^ ofAt-ho I grea f ' m af orit Y |. b h-e. , e rh w. -'uji is jsigniffeant . that'Sbtee ^hiitlior stays i ationyinous, but we are utiaware of his lidentity. i "While some of us consider the i watersiders' attitude as somewhat unJreasonable in these times, blackleggiftg ron onr part is unthinkable. Atany of I us who are able would be willing to ilielp load the ship provided the parties jr-onceriied were agreeable (primarily ;the Watersiders Union). Wo would isuggest that such troublemaking letters tunless signed by the'writef and sttpiporters should not be printed. We are, jetc., P. J. Jefferies. Of the ship's j cat ering department and 153 others. " j [Tliirtv of the signatures attaehed Jnre from the deck department, 116 from jtlie catering department and eight jfroin the engine department.]
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Chronicle (Levin), 10 January 1947, Page 4
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