MINISTER SURPRISED
ACTION OF THE AUCKLAND WATERSIDE UNION IN ACCEPTING MR SCRIMGEOUR AS MEMBER. MATTER BEING LOOKED INTO. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. Interviewed today concerning a report that Mr C. G. Scrimgeour, Controller of Commercial Broadcasting, had been admitted to the Watersiders’ Union at Auckland, the Minister of Labour (Mr Webb) expressed surprise that the union should see fit to block hundreds of applications by men resident in Auckland, with young families, who for years had endeavoured to join the union in order to obtain work on the waterfront, along with many of what were called “seagulls,” who stand by and help in rush periods to get ships turned round quickly, but who cannot gain admittance to the union. “These men,” said the Minister, "surely are more entitled to be admitted than a high-salaried officer of the Broadcasting Service. However, the matter is being looked into and the question of whether the union will be allowed to continue as a closed union will be considered. (It had been reported that Mr Scrimgeour had stated that he wished to have a second string to his bow should it become necessary. At the time the application was made he had understood that there was a suggestion of amalgamating the two broadcasting services and such a move might have relieved him of the post of Controller of Commercial Broadcasting. He had also understood that Professor Shelley would take the broadcasting services, and rather than take a secondary position in that event he would prefer to select his own avenue of service).
The president of the Auckland branch of the Watersiders’ Union is reported to have stated that his organisation, in common with most other working class organisations throughout the country, had been agitating for a return of the “man in the street” session and Mr Scrimgeour’s other radio activities, but had not had much success. The union then received Mr Scrimgeour’s application for membership, which was accepted.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 March 1942, Page 4
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326MINISTER SURPRISED Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 March 1942, Page 4
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