New Mission For Mr. Elliott
Received We'dnesday, 10.40 a.m. SYDNEY, Nov. 9. The general secretary of the Seamen's Union, Mr. E. V. Elliott, left Sydney late last night for Honk Kong by air to attend the conference of Asian and Australasian I countries at Peiping next Tuesday. The conference has been called by the World -Federation of Trade Unions from which the trade union movements of Britain, Canada, the united States, Australia, New Zealand and most European countries not in the Soviet group withdrew earlier this year. Mr. Elliott at first aUempted to conceal his identity from pressmen, but later gave an interview. He said that the Seamen's Union was paying all his expenses as its delegate. Mr. Elliott is a member of the central committee of the Australian Communist Party. His flight to Hong Kong is the fourth overseas visit by leading Australian Communists this year. A few months ago he represented the Australian Seamen's Union, Water- I side Workers' Federation and New Zealand Waterside Workers' Federation at a conference of the World Federation of Trade Unions at Milan. Afterwards he went to Marseilles and was elebted vicepresident of the International Union of Seamen. Returning to Australia, he fought unsuecessfully to prevent the Australian Council of Trade Unions disafflliating from the World Federation:. ■*
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Chronicle (Levin), 9 November 1949, Page 5
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