Menace Of Communism In Industry
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ROTORUA, March 8.. j ' "We have beeix particularly fort\tn ate in the footwear industry that we have not experienced anv serious m dustrial strife, but we are all awaro of the menace of Oommunism in tne industrial labour movement, aird we must see to it that this destructive force' doesn't enter into our industry.," saia Mr. 8. L. H. Edwards, of Auckland, president of the . New Zealand Footwear Manufacturers' Federation in yus opening ad'dress to delegates at tlie 1948 eonferenee being held in Rotorua^ to-aay. ' ' Let us see that our employeremployee relationship becomes stronger by proper and just. consideration of tlte amployee, his problems and standard ot iiving. " Manufacturers should get alongside their work people and go forward xp the best possible spirit toward. improving ehiyiency and increasing production, he continued. The inroads tnaae by Oominunisni into the industrial iite had been brought about to a large extent firstly by the apathy of the gen- 3 eral body of New Zealand workers, and also by the disunitv whieh hacl existed anioiig employers. Industrial peace must be s+viven for always, and this could not be attai*ned without co operation and a spirit of goodwili,
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Chronicle (Levin), 9 March 1948, Page 8
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