INDUSTRIAL ORGANISATION.

Taranaki Daily News, 18 April 1918, Page 5

INDUSTRIAL ORGANISATION.

LABOR UNIONS AMBMI». '.' ,;if| mimsseb'S ■Ex&umaxios. '.*''.s By Telegranh.--press Association. ■'■- d Wellington, Las* NfeWSn > With reference to the telegrams ed from labor trauma in various p*(l*vs of the country, Sir Aweph Word; hiw<|rei;:y plied as follows: "■'%). "I think you are mistaken in the OjWK'jjj elusion you arrived at regarding. jPrf-'f clause in the Finance Bill, and 1 suggest thai you wait until you see discussion folly reported in H&naarduwig"';g it. The clause is one intended for jlw!'"i| organisation of all classes, not of IflfqfOT alone, and there is no intentk>»"&ft .W part of the Government to utilise La*».,; for private gain. It is impossiMo anyone to say what the necessities of vijt. '{~ country may require with regard to jQw'-T? utilisation of non-essential bußioeggpt'-s and industries owing to the possible ther prolongation of the war, and tiw'tfi proposal is as much in the interest «/,J* and necessary for, Labor as for any.-othegf. \ class in the country. '/'','; "The regulations which the Bill vides for, and which are to be laid ujtai) {' the table of the House of ParUeinenik. ." will be drawn up after conference 'wifls-! the various industries, including those 4ps Labor, and I can only give you my assort' '■}} ance that if there had been any to injure Labor I should have been-°$ strongly against the proposal, as I fully.,"' recognise that in the crisis through whfctt-t'' this country is passing, together with .""! other parts of the Empire, it is essentia! '/J to-have the goodwill of the workers, aud.'ji their co-operation in aetivc with the Government in any system ofc'i organisation that may be found neces- •? sary to ensure the preservation of Oil .. -'J