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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST SOTY, 1943.
REMARKABLE SOENES AT DOOKERS' MEETING. UNION LEADERS FLOUTED.
5,000 MEN MARCH OUT,
--Frobably nevez in the history of indus- trial disputes in England has such an extraordinary incident been witnessed as that which occurred at Premiorlaud, it Commercial-road, on July 2nd (says the Daily Telegrip/), when some â,000) of the ' waterside workers in the Port of London who are in- revolt against their official union leaders marched out of the meete ing in a body, leaving the union leaders, who had attended to address the mod, facing an empty hall..
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Later in the day Mr. Harry Gosling and Mr. Ernest Bovin received a number o of Pressmen at the headquarters of the union and,explained the situation. Speak ing for Mr. Gosling and himself, Mr. Bevin said that the morning's meeting: was arranged, quite apart from the strike, at the request of the lightermen. It had its origin to a request of the lightermen to deal with certain matters arising out of their particular section. Mr. Beyin pro- evedel -
We heard on Friday that what happen- this morning was going to happen, and From the information we have been able to get of what has been going on with the uncleiat strike committee we can under-
stand their great desire not to allow us to speak to our members, because if ever over there was
body brought into exist nes who dare not face the nien with |- the truth and allow them to hear the truth of the position it is the present
Convened by the Waterways Section of the Transport and General Workers Enion to consider matians of vital im- portance affecting the whole of the trade, the gathering was to have been addressed by Mr. Harry Gosling, M.P, the president of the union, Mr. Ernest Bevin, tha It was evidently worked up under in- general secretary. "Mr. J. T. Seoulding large number of our members who were
structions. In our opinion, there was the area weretary, and athers, but owing desirous to hear us, but reviewing the position we feel very confident that it
oficial strike committee. Sitting on the platform this morning, what struck | hath was the comparatively few men in that grent audience that really took part in the shouting and booing, which was particularly wrak.
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organisers and implicit obedience to their will bring its reaction. Lightermen and deckers" particularly are sports, and how. orders, the meeting over really ecm-over grievous they may feel about our notion at a particular "moment, there is never the kind of action we-have seen The great hall was crowded with an Audience numbering between 4,000 and this morning unless it is deliberately plan 5,000. A. thousand or more men were
ned. They may interject and get excit immediately outside the hall, and in the but they usually want to hear what Commercial-road was a procession, 2,000 yen have to say.
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or more strong, with bands and banners, We are prepared to wait and state our which had marched from the various disease to the men, knowing that the un- tricts to support the display made by the of strikes committee will have to face strikers...
the music sooner or later: The men win find that it brings its own peril get-tired of this kind of leadership, and are more than satisfied with the rightness of our cause when those who are now are afrail to allow accredited lenders to plaaning and plotting to smash the anion state their case."
Referring to the incidents of the morn
Inside the half the audience had ever Hlowed so the orchestra' quarters where the Pressmen were obliged to utilise the grand piano as a table, with scores of! dockers crowded in on both sides of them The only place on which there was no inch of space to spare was the platform. No indication of the dramatic turn events were to take was afforded by the preg mesting, Mr. Berin said he was not! liminary proceedings except to those who to the platform, and when he left some molested when be walked through the hall had been following the strike sing body called put: "They have forgotten the commencement and knew so many of the Albert Hall This had reference to the heading characterszin it, fand sensed the danger which lay hidden behind the quiet sent meeting when Mr. Revin was pres demeanour of the great gathering. Even seated with a testimonial for his services when Mr. Gosling and Me. Bevin entered in connection with the Shaw award. the hall, and passed down its length to Mr. Gosling said the unfortunate thing the room at the back of the stage, there was that the strike, being an unofficial was no hostile demonstration. On the one, the union was out of action. There contrary, several men called out. Hallo, Feld.be no compromise from their point of Ernie
to Mr. Bevin and there wereview-they could not break the agreement, equally friendly salutions to Mr. Goeling could the employers. It was only when the speakers came on to the platform that real indication of the hostile nature of the audience was given.
THE STORY BURSTS. -Framediately 3fr. Bevin, who appeared first, stappel on to the platform from one of the wings with 3fr. Gosling follow ing there was an outburst of booing. cat calls, whistling, and other signs of derision and opposition, interspersed with calls of Resign." "Resign," and cries,
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Traitors, and other uncomplimentary remarks. "The hoing and hooting was continued until the chairman, Mr. E. A..
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Comparative silence was scoured, and i Mr. Coombes, of the Watermen and Lightmen's Society, so far as he could be correctly heard, said:→→
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in our old leaders. (Loud cherra) Yer
have shown that you have no faith "in them. Cheers and cries of "Traitors." We have sacked them. We are utterly dis. Kusted with their present actitude in our great strike, and I ask you to endorse this by walking out of this building.
At a wave of the speaker's land "the vast audience immediately and in good order proceeded to learn the hall Several who stayed to hurt defiance at the people on the platform were quietly bat firmly requested by the stewards to leave the hall, and did so. Shouts of Traitor," Why don't you call us all out?" "If you call yourselves) men, resign to-morrow," were directed ut those on the platform by, the men nearest it as they went out, but no nets of phy "sical violonce were attempted. One of the strikers, suddenly, becoming sentimental; called out in an appealing voice to, Mr. Gosling: "Harry, Pra: surprised, "that after all we have done for you you should treat us like this.”
- Within a quarter of an hour or twenty minutes not a single member of the nudience remained in the hall, and Mr. Gosling and Mr. Bovin, who throughout the proceedings had remained seated and passive beholders of the unhappy incident, rose from thoir chairs and left the hall. There was no disturbance of anyukind whatever and the large force of police present lind nothing to do but watch the amazing sight. As the Tast few mon left the building the band lending the pro- cession struck up, and the various detach- ments marched cheerily back to their dis tricta
Mr. Woods, one of the strikers, spenk- ing to representative of The Daily Telegraph outside the building, said:
The meeting has shown in an orderly way that the men are determined to have nothing to do with the old leaders. They have sold.us. So far as the strike is con- gerned, we will go back tomorrow if the employers will give us the old rate, and negotiate with e. No negotiations with
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