BREAK WITH RUSSIA
UNION CONGRESS DECISION “CRIME AGAINST WORKERS’ By Cable—Prrss Assentation — Copyright Reed. 11 37 a.m. LONDON. Friday. The even tenor of the Trade Union Congress was disturbed when the furnishing trade delegates nio' ed to suspend the Standing Orders, to discuss the expulsion of the Seamen’s Union from the Congress, and urge the transport workers to organise the seamen on a trade union basis. Mr. H. Pollitt. Boilermakers' Union, in seconding, said that f the question were not discussed the Congress would be stigmatised into futility. Mr. Walter Citrine, secretary of the Congress, pointed out that the Disputes Committee of the Congress had arranged to deal with the differences of the miners and seamen to ensure Mr. Havelock Wilson a fair hearing. After a lively debate the motion was rejected by 91 votes to 63. The Minority Movement delegates issued a statement characterising the decision to break with Russia as a crime against the workers of the world, equalled only by the betrayal of the 3,000.000 British workers n the general strike. They appeal to the workers to reestablish the Anglo-Russian Committee.—A. and N.Z.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 146, 10 September 1927, Page 9
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