EMBARGO LIFTED

Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 May 1938, Page 7

EMBARGO LIFTED

SCRAP METAL EXPORTS SYDNEY WATERSIDERS GIVE WAY UNDER THREAT OF LICENSING SYSTEM By Telegraph—Press Association, Copyright. SYDNEY, May 25. The watersider workers at a stopwork meeting today attended by 400 C decided “under duress” to lift theii four months' embargo on the loading of scrap iron, tin clippings and tallow for Japan and Germany. They thus escape the licensing provision of the Transport Workers Act threatened by the Commonwealth Government on May 17. The watersiders’ decision was carried by an overwhelming majority. The meeting carried a long resolution expressing realisation of the disastrous effects of the licensing system on their fellow-unionists in other parts of Australia and the distress, poverty and loss of employment resulting to loyal members from it. “We are resolved to meet the situation under duress sooner than allow our branch to be destroyed,”, the resolution added. The watersiders were warned by the Federal Ministry that unless they agreed by May 25 to load all cargoes of scrap iron and other material for Japan which was offering the licensing provisions of the Transport Workers Act would be applied to the Sydney members of the Waterside Workers’ Federation and disciplinary action taken at other ports. BAN ON ORE EXPORTS STRONG PROTEST BY JAPAN CANBERRA, May 25. The Japanese Consul-General, Mr Wakamatsu, sent a strong protest to the Federal Government against the embargo on iron ore exports from Australia.