Irresponsible Leadership In Trade Unions

Chronicle (Levin), 9 March 1948, Page 2

Irresponsible Leadership In Trade Unions

r "The decent people of New Zealand— and they are the great majority — are sick and tired oi trouble . caused by irresponsibie trade union leaders," said Mr. J. J. Maher, M.P.,." speaking at Plimmerton last night. . x "Politics do not eome mto this. It is a matter of the decent people of the community against the rest. "The Prime Minister and the Government" may rest assured that they have the support of all rightthinking people in the Pominion, and critieism will be directed at them only if , they give in to these tactics "Gangster taetics are paying big dividends in Czechosloyakia and Eastern Europe. What we have to do is to prove to the troublemaker that these tactics will not show the same profit here. "Once the law falls into disrespect, we can fold up and let Joe Stalin's quislings take control of the country. I don't often see eye to eye with the. Prime Minister and the Minister of Labour, but on this occasion I am *' with them in their opposition to being bounced and bludgeoned' by people : whose tactics are more suited to Russia -than to this Dominion. "If these people want to carry on as they are doing let them go to Russia, Yugoslavia ,01* s'omewhere where they can get away with their tactics. We don't want them here," said Mr., Maher.