BOTH SIDES STRIVE FOR INDUSTRIAL PEACE

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 235, 23 December 1927, Page 9

BOTH SIDES STRIVE FOR INDUSTRIAL PEACE

AN EARNEST EFFORT POWERFUL INDUSTRIALISTS British Wireless—Press Assn.—Copyright RUGBY, Wednesday. The delegation of leading industrialists whose invitation to a conference has been accepted by the General Council of the Trades Unions Congress, did not officially represent the employers’ organisations of Britain, but it comprised some of the greatest industrialists in the country. These included the president of the Confederation of Employers’ Organisations of the World, Lord Weir; the chairman of the council of that body, Sir David Milne Watson; two pastpresidents of the Federation of British Industries; and six vice-presi-dents. Four other members of the latter body were also included. Another indication of the great influence exercised in industry by the signatories to the letter of invitation is that they represent, without duplications, at least £1,000,000,000 ol capital, and the directorates of many public companies. It is stated that a determination to increase the competitive power of British industries in the world’s markets could be achieved most usefully by direct negotiation, with the twin objects of restoring industrial prosperity and bringing about a corresponding improvement in the standard of living.—A. and N.Z.