Berkshire Chronicle Reading 11-1919

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But is Mr. 1111
ha~ heard mlUl7
· admired
bei
8ga~st the Paqi
and pr
nil
the uniOn 'to wb'
\,.; tJIe. ~IQJIftCl. 0"
· hiA own ahow""
olljfht to have'lJin cOm.
peUed to ftmaln
tbat ullcoa~nia1 oom·
pah,. but he took a liberty hiIIiIIeII 1(hieh
.JIe IS efu ill« to
rs. fa)' be ca_ richt
_AT from them. X.othel'S an to be
foroed- to joill
with w~ _u.oda
and ultimate a'
th~ han, net the-leut
· symga.thy; .
tIIey """,UY.!IiT . ' .
· them. ADd
the men -...: • .ftiIt!!Il1IC
this c:ljctatioll
are P ~
' ienlious 0
• aDd Jin'"
who haVll ~ t
101lciMt i.·~
.demalldin( ooa
freedOm 101: n»Olllfmtr
then- vie".. wa
r weN the mtliNltii
the coantr,..
The calM{ in llMIlinlr to which I ftt.ifTed
in mo;avlona I
r show" the h.:rdahipll
01 thi8 ooe",iT~
·cy. Old. empJor_
Ilractically told to ain
om. wiihUi a lJil~~tl~'s
rew days; T~
.haft ·beta·with>thils
· particll1ar 6nia 'or • 30. or ..
the,
a .....ulMI.
~ hay. never IOU(
th. aid of the .!rraa
Union; the,. de
'want to 1I&Ye anytlain.
to do with it: their IWmpathies an! op~
· to the political ; chin. which domiMtes' " ~""iIII"icln
the
' Trade U.iona.
Yet the)' are to be
~~=~~~
(arced agaiJUlt their win to jOlD.
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I am not ~1'1fI1 ' . aJl8in$t Trade Uaions.
CombiOAtioJl has
ne great thm,. filr ' thl!"
worbr in the "..t, but "'h1 compel 1UI·
willing peG."le to j n 1 Looking at the matter from tbe po~t of vie~ oj h. Trad!I
. UniOIl. what poul
strength cal). th_ UIl·
ill", memben
o. them! In tlae event
· of_ a strike they
uld be the __I: to oome
• out and the first t.. ~ back. and tileir p ...
.sence would 1Je a . . .~. for thq woold
lise their inftllen.. all the tim. ....ilMt
the union. The
tion of paying a fe."
Jl8IIoo ."eelUy is
the mark altontber.
That is not the iss , but a man' s fredom 01
"hoice.
Mr. RIlSSeIl 8IIY thnt n Trade Union as
socb . does not i n rfere with a member's
political "",.,,s.
bt be practically admits
that attempts 1\re Ill.de to do so. What 'R
all this apPM) Jor IIOlidari~ of whieh I read
00 much 10 the"
ronicle;" bllt an attemllt
to bring' pr_nre on all member of uuion..
to vote {or the Laba11 ~ Party at each , and
ent'Y eJection. w.ethe~ it be IfII!lrdians,
lDJl nicipal. or Patfiamentary ? And is not
t.he money of eveflf member. whatever his
views. used to ron Social ist or . 1£00\1 r can·
didateR? I Jim told. tpo. that Mr. Botler•
.wbo. I believe, wiu once a 1'Abou.r candidate
'for Rending and i a member of the L.C.C .•
was open Iy boAstilw that certain peIlp1e at
a Government lacto!1. wbo would Dot oome
· out on strike tOl' 1\ fortnllrDt's holiday. were
on longer emploY
there. and wflre not
likely to be.
i . this Dut vietimisation!
Hr. RnBSell appeals to me to argue the
question publicly. If it were a ~noJl&1 t-fln.••".i1
,qu tion . or a malter Il/feeting a particular
societl. I migh~ _aider .his olrer, but it is
not ; tt is n mat
of ~neral poliC1. and:
I consider that the unioM in their own in·
terest, 88 .,,811 a in the intereets of fair.
play, slloold take a broader view of the
matter. What is the good of talkillir abollt
" emanciootion" and JA\bour ideNs ' .. hen
lDen are being all tit time coerced?
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ANTI-COYPULSION.

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with a
trable to any J':!:':~~:dn~~
mre~tu.'1
dootru~.
IlOtoriQn8 promotell.
How~ver, I . .
w ' h th
ioJ of their
eaptores.
1&
coereed aplns!; their
individ.I i
t mut bit a
of
w.eakn_ to the
I. lOOietr,. and the late
'I'rad Union tr e Auco illustrates thi~
luridly.
If it were Dot ..
ueUo "d abllurdum." I
that even ~e mighty
wou.ld remiJld · tIt
ld not.stand a.piD t the
A88Jrian.J!JDpire
• JQuc)lless tlie dh;ded
rellult of 811«:h tee
Jet miscallPd the 4tiOilai U nio~ o! Cltlr~8.

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J. Wyeth , S. Tit·

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