THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 2, 1940
Labour's Will "CONCHIE" AND FOOD SUGGESTIONS!
To Win
THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL of the T.U.C. meeting in London has pledged the workers of Bri- tain to support the Government and the fighting| forces until victory is won.
chairman of
re-
Mr. Churchill, in a message to Mr. Bevin, ex- pressed his confidence that Labour would assist the State, and added: "The gravity of the situation deepens hour by hour, and we are all called upon to make a supreme. effort to defend the country, to preserve our liberties, and to win the war.”
Mr. Will Holmes,
"Men of the fighting forces, we the T.U.C., who presided, said that salute your courage and deter-! the purpose of the conference was mination.. We are unitedly to consider the situation and the solved that all action taken by the General sources shall be used to the full Council in relation to the mea- to provide the arms and munitions sures resolved upon by the Goy-you need. In courage and deter- ernment in the height of the mination we are with you in the emergency.
fight until victory is won."
Only four hands
were raised They were to consider
those of these measures involved for the against the resolution, trade unions. They had a real and three women and one man. direct responsibility to their mem- bers which wor could not cancel, and the Government had not thought to override their responsibility.
what
VICTIMIZATION
A conscientious ob-
CANADIAN
jector in England, who SALMON .70 lb.
claimed victimization pay from his union on the ground that he was displaced by his employers because of his views had his claim refused by Lei- cester Hosiery Union. The secretary said that discharged con- objectors
scientious our internal re-
may claim unemploy- ment benefit but victimization pay claims will not be con- sidered, as they are being discharged at the request of their
'FAMILY OF NATIONS' fellow-workers who re-
AT THE QUEEN'S
Sir Walter Citrine presented a report upon the events leading up to the calling of the conference,; and moved a resolution endorsing "Family of Nations," which is the action of the General Council now showing at the Queen's and in giving its full support to the Alhambra, is a biography of the necessary measures that must be British Empire in pictorial terms. taken to protect our people by It is an absorbing compilation of organising the entire resources of historical events gathered from the country and striving to the the film library of the British utmost to defent the forces of Government. aggression.
George,
fuse to work with them.
FATSHAN HELD BY JAPANESE
Canton
It opens with scenes of Queen THE COUNTRY'S NEEDS Victoria's Diamond Jubilee cele- Mr. Ernest Bevin, Minister of brations in London and through- Labour, read the following mes-out the British Isles and takes the sage from the Prime Minister: onlooker through the years of
"Dear Mr. Bevin. I shall be peace following the Boer War. glad if you will give to the con- The passing of King Edward,
The s.s. Fatshan, only British vse- ference of trade union executives the Coronation of King an assurance of my deep and the Durbar ceremonies, the fun-sel permitted to navigate the Pearl active interest in the purpose of eral pageant of King George, the River once a week to
refused clearance from their assembly, and let them know reign of Edward, his abdication, was how much I should have wel- and the Coronation of His Majesty Canton yesterday by the Japan-
ese authorities. are depicted in comed, under conditions of less George VI
remarkable for This morning the ship. was urgency and pressure of manifold series of scenes
still held up. dangers, an opportunity to speak their photographic clarity. to them personally.
Other notable passages in this It is learned that the Japanese imposed certain re- "The conference, I am sure, will historical film document include suddenly
and strictions yesterday on the opera- the visit of King George appreciate the nature of the res- ponsibility which falls
and tions of the ship between Hong Queen Elizabeth to Canada upon you as a Minister of State
in the United States, with intimate Kong and Canton, and the vessel this great crisis of our fortunes views of Their Majesties in Ottawa was not allowed to make her Hong in explaining to the unions the and Washington, the demonstra-routine return voyage to necessity which has caused Parlia-tions of armed forces in the capi-Kong yesterday morning.
Negotiations between the Bri- tals of Germany, Russia and Italy, emer- gency legislation and how the and the hectic days in London tish and Japanese authorities in Government plans to use its ex- preceding and immediately fol- Canton were still proceeding this] ceptional powers for the prompt lowing the Munich pact. "Family morning and it is hoped that al and complete organisation of the of Nations" was produced by John settlement will be reached short- country's industrial resources to Drinkwater, under the supervision ly. help us to meet the imminent of the British Government.
Negotiations regarding the mat- perils that face us,
ment
to enact the new
It runs about 40 minutes and ter are also being undertaken in is being shown in conjunction Hong Kong with the authorities with RKO'S "Mexican Spitfire". concerned.
"The country's needs are im- perative, inescapable, and hi- perious, and we shall pay dearly if we fail to meet them. We can meet them as а Government founded upon à new unity of na- tional purpose and with the creative energies of a people awakened to the magnitude of ̈ ̈ the task. We have the fullest con- fidence in the readiness of the organised--workers-to-accept-the
· obligations arising out of the de- mand which the State is com- pelled to make upon their endur- ance and their capacity for sacri- fice.
"We look with equal confidence to the trade union éxecutive, call- ed into conference by their Gen- eral Council, to assist the State by using their widespread organi- sation to serve the purposes you will unfold at the conference,
"The gravity of the situation deepens hour by hour, and we are all called upon to make a supreme effort to defend the country to] preserve our liberties, and to win the war. Trade unionists with the tradition of sacrifice in the ser- vice of freedom will not hesitate to throw their full strength into the struggle."
A SALUTE TO COURAGE Mr. Bevin explained his plan of operations in some detall, and elucidated His proposals further in answer to questions.
The conference then adopted the resolution moved by Sir Walter Citrine, and also the following declaration:→→
"This conference of trade union executive councils, assembled at this hour of crisis, expresses to the heroic 'defenders of liberty, in the armed forces and merchant navles of the Allled nations. its profound trust in their iron #e- solve to withstand the forces of aggression and to achieve victory.
The conference also affirms to the peoples whoso territory has been ravaged by, a pitiless foe its deep sympathy with them in their ordeal and its confidence in the restoration of their lands and! liberties by the defeat of the in-. vaders...
(THINKS)
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THE BOYS WILL NEED A LOT MORE COACH-
ING. IF THEY ARE TO' PASS THEIR SENIOR; CAMBRIDGE NEXT
TERM.
AT THE DOCTORS SIX WEEKS
IN YOUR CASE
·ALSO THIS HAS
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DOCTOR.
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THINKSY HORLICKS IS
THE SECRET
THANKS TO YOUR GOOD COACHING SIR.
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AT THE DOCTORS
EVEN
WAKE. TIRED
YOUR TROUBLE IS NIGHT STARVATION. YOU SEE, WHILE YOU SLEEP, YOUR HEART, LUNGS AND OTHER
AUTOMATIC
PROCESSES
CONTINUE HUSING UP ENERGY
DOCTORS AND SCIENTISTS USE HORLICKS.
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IN HOSPITAL TESTS
ECENTLY tests were made in a great hospital on men `and-women who come plained of always feeling tired.
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