EMPLOYEES’ PLEA

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20107, 29 November 1939, Page 11

EMPLOYEES’ PLEA

RELAX RESTRICTIONS CONTROL OF IMPORTS UNEMPLOYMENT FEAR (Per Press Association.) NEW PLYMOUTH, this day. “We are selling ourselves out of a job,” said a speaker last night at a meeting attended by about 300 people, mostly employees affected by the import restrictions. A resolution was passed asking for some relaxation of the regulations, after an amendment asking the Government to take over the distribution of all imports, including existing stocks in warehouses, had been lost.

A motion asking the Government to approach the British Government for a moratorium for the duration of the war was lost on tire voices. The resolution, which was carried, stated: “That this meeting of Taranaki shop assistants, warehousemen and other employees, wishes to record its willingness to co-operate with the Government, realising, as we do, that such co-operation is, essential at a time when the country is at war, but we feel that we will be of greater help if our employment is not placed in jeopardy. The persons present at this meeting urge the Government immediately to survey the question ol' shortages of stocks, particularly for the coming year, and endeavour to effect some urgent relaxation of the import control regulations. Sales people in contact with the everincreasing stock shortages, realising that the present stocks are rapidly being depleted, are concerned as to the continuity of their employment. We ask the Government to give earnest and urgent consideration to this appeal.”