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Fédération Internationale des Travailleurs des Industries
du Textile et de l'Habillement
Internationale Textil- und Bekleidungsarbeiter-Vereinigung
Internationella Textil- och Beklädnadsarbetarefederationen
INTERNATIONAL TEXTILE AND
GARMENT WORKERS' FEDERATION
120 BAKER STREET, LONDON, W.1
GENERAL SECRETARY: J. GREENHALGH to whom all communications should be addressed
PRESIDENT:
E. NEWTON
VICE-PRESIDENT:
BUSCHMANN
Mrs. Judith Hart, M.P.,
Minister of State, Commonwealth Office,
Great Smith Street,
London. S.W.1.
TELEPHONE: WELBECK 1745
TELEGRAM ADDRESS:
WORKINTEX, London, W.1
May 5th 1967. RECEIVED
PRIVATE SICE
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(63)9(54)
Dear Minister,
I received your letters of April 26th 1967, and was really
angry with some of the statements contained therein.
However, after having spoken to both Ernest Thornton and Mr. Foggon, I am assured that your own attitude is somewhat different than that which can be deduced from the literal statements in your letters, and so, with one exception, I have decided to wipe the slate clean and to try again, in the hope of avoiding future misunderstanding.
I accept that I have the advantage of being able to study each sentence of your letters carefully, whereas you have to rely so much upon your private secretary, and for this reason I just cannot believe that you meant the following:-
of (54
....The second was you clearly thought that I was talking
about garment workers in particular, whereas I was in fact talking about the hours of work for women and young persons in industry generally'.
If this supposition was correct, I consider it an impertinence to be told what I 'clearly think', but as a matter of fact, at no time have I asked for the hours of work for women and young persons in the garment industry to be reduced. I can however, claim with due modesty, that the whole question became a live issue because of the activities of the above International Federation in Hong Kong, and I must insist, that in any change of legislation to reduce the working hours of women and young persons in Hong Kong, those employed in the garment trade should be included, Having pointed out my resentment at this particular sentence, I am now prepared to forget it, but I hope that your secretary will be a little more careful in the wording of future letters.
I am hoping that by the time you receive this letter, Mr. Foggon
will have informed you of certain developments in Hong Kong itself, which, to say the least, do not conform with what I understand to be your own attitude.
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