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Chronicle (Levin), 20 January 1947, Page 2

NO CREDIT TO MR. FRASER

■Press Assiciation

l i By Telegraph—

AUCKLAND, Jan, 18. j Principles were established between . Cabinet and tlie representatives of the national council of the New Zealand .Waterside Workers' Union as the basis ' of settlement of the dispute and tlie tesumption of ov'ertime work on j Monday. . ^ „ I 'This was disclosed today when a re solution • passed by the watersiders ' ; national council at its hnal meeting I yesterday was revealed by the Wateriside IJnion's president (Mr. Barnesl. •j He asserted that the Prime Minister's j lett.er sent Jo the union vesterdav restating tlie views of the Government had little elfect on the settlement, After returning to Auckland this 'morning Mr. Barnes said: "In view oi the letter which the Prime Minister has

seen fit to ptilolish, it is necessary to ; state two points : — j "The. lirst is that the nationil council of the Waterside Workers Union endorsed the policy pursued by the national executive. | {The second i& that the resolution carried' by the national coqncil recommending the men to resume work was i 'that the Prime Minister's letter lie on the table, but he recommend our members to resume overtime work from Monday, Janpary 20, on the basis of the principles established during the discussions between the national coun cil of the union and Cabinet. ' "This should demonstrate how litrle elfect the Prime Minister's letter had on the settlement of the dispute,'' Mr. Barnes said.