ARBITRATION COURT

Dominion, Volume 15, Issue 17, 14 October 1921, Page 9

ARBITRATION COURT

WORKERS’ REPRESENTATII*3

MR. M'CULLOUGH UNABLE TO ATTEND

AVhen the Arbitration Court resumed' its sittings yesterday, Air. M. J. Ream , don, deputy workers’ representative, sat in place of Air. J. A. Af'Cullough, who was unable io attend. This fact was referred to by His Hon- ' our Air. Justice Frazer. He said that Mr. Al'Cullough had telegraphed to the Registrar stating that he would be unable to take his seat for two or three weeks, and ho asked that the actingmember should bo summoned in his stead. His Honour had accordingly summoned Air. Reardon to act in tho mean--time He regretted that Air. Af‘Culloiig> was iuiablo to bo present, but was pleased to know that tho interests of the workers would bo in the hands of * gentleman of Air. Reardons long experience in Jaireur mattois.

MR. M'CULLOUGH’S POSITION

ADHERES TO HIS PREVIOUS ATTITUDE. By Telegraph —Press Association. Christchurch, October 13. > "Though lio was unanimously ro nominated, Air. Al'Culloiigh will not go back io his seat on the Arbitration ; Court.” In Labour circles this mornin" that view was general. AVhen seen by a reporter, Air. Af'CullOugh refusedat first to say anythin" at all on th® subject, but later on ho said:— "Afy position is still the same as when I resigned. Through my resignation I alienated tho support of many Labour unions throughout the country, but I re=i"iied because of what I believe was an 'absolute betrayal by the Court of the working people of this country. If the unions don’t understand my position, I can’t help that. My position , is tho same. If I went back, people would think I said ono thing and meant another.” Air. ATCullough was more outspoken when discussing tho position of Air. Reardon, demity 'employees’ represents-; l ive, on tho* Arbitration Court. Several employers’ organisations are opposed to Afr. Reardon sitting on the Court in Auckland when it deals with tire freezing works dispute, because Afr. Reardon is secretary of the A T , cllington branch of the New* Zealand Freezing Workers' Federation. "AVhnt hypocrisy!” said Afr. Al'Cullough. "A man must be con-. nected with some workers’ organisation before he is nominated. lam connect- ' ed with a union, but I don’t suppose many employers could give the name of ths union. For years Afr. Scott was ’ secretary of the Otago Union, while at tire same time he wm : employers’ representative on the Arbitration Court. His salary is still sub-' . sidisod by the employers’ organisation. There is no regret about that. Did the newspapers ever ‘discover’ that Afr. Scott was holding a dual position?" The appointment of Afr. J. A. Af'Cui-! lough to bo nominated member of the ’ Court of Arbitration "for the residue of the term of John Alexander M'Cullough.i resigned,” is gazetted this week.