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WHAT LABOUR IS" OUT FOR.

EADER'S STRAIGHT

TALK.

Mr. Bab” Williams, the Secretary of the Transport Workers" Federation. Is, one of the most.vigurous figures in the British Labour movement. As one of the members of the Triple Alliance, he has taken a leading part in the recent negotiations. with the Government which have now definitely averted a national strike. He gives his views on Labour aspirations to Helen R. Macdonald is the following inter viewin the National Newca

Then I saw Robert Williams comeltowards me across the, figor] of the hotel, I thought I had never seen such a big man. He is about six feet three, and broad in pro- portion. Everything about him is big. When we greeted each other, my hand was completely lost in his. His voice is big, so are bis- ideas. He is the general secretary "of

Transport the National Workers Union, and doubtless some of the people who are find- ing things rather trying these strike-filled days wish that his influence was not also big and compelling.

These ars big days For Williams. Conferences. meer- ings. debates, fights. almost

every minute of the twenty-four: hours....

"How goes it ?" I asked.

"Fine." he said quietly.

"What are you out for?"

of

His eyes kindled, "Every- thing, he answered. Sharter hours, for one thing. They are the, Genesis to the Book Emancipation. For the dock and waterside transport workers the working hours are to be brought down from 54 to 44 hours per week. For the

tramway"

employees, the average has been from 56 to 48: The ideal, is an eight-hour day. For road trans port workers from 66 hours we "must reduce them to 48. The rates of playindst be the same.

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workers are to have an increase of 20 per cent, on the total earn- ings and a reduction in the hours of labour."

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Williams laughed with an air of triumph. You may as well) try to keep back the hands of

date the families and their model of life.

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SHORLER HOURS ESSENTIAL. the clock as to stop the advanceShone working hours will of Progress." he said. "We have go a long way to improve matters practically got all these things, and bring leisure to MABY And it is a question of time until we get the other things we are "out for."

RUPERT BROOKE.

TRIBUTE TO SOLDIER POET.

who, all their lives. have been

A portrait medallion of Ruperti cheated out of a desire for a Brooke, the distinguished young better and fairer standard of poet. who died at the Isle of Big wages and short hours are living."

Lemnos, in April, 1915, whilst not the only things. I said. And where does drink come serving, with the Royal Naval remember a family in one of the in?" I queried.

Division, was unveiled by General steel districts of Lanarkshire.

To the man who lives in a Sir Ian Hamilton in Rugby There were a father and his three slum." Williams replied. "drink School Chapel recently. Beneath xons. An income of some 20 al is his only outlet. It means for the memorial, which is a profile week went into that house, yet gotfulness of fatigue and misery, portrait executed by Mr. Hayard the standard of life was extreme- a false sense of power, of joviality Thomas. is lettered Rupert ly low. The house was a miser- and freedom. Drink is the one Brooke's beautiful sonnet." able, comfortless place."

short cut the workers know out Soldier."

of me:

a

The

That there's some corner of a

foreign field

is for ever England. There shall be in the rich earth a richer dust concealed:

Yes," Williams said quickly. of slumdóm. What wonder they If I should die, think only this "because that family would pro- take it?"

What are your ideas," I ask bably find it impossible to get a better house. Increased earning ed, on this scheme which is on power makes a man want to live foot to persion all industrial and better. If a working man has the civilian widows as well as the That money he wants to have the best widows of soldiers and officers ? He eats more and better food.. He goes to a better tailor. His wife and children have better Sunday clothes. But when comes to a question of housing. the worker, with the big wage is at a dead end

Robert Williams thought for a moment. He seemed to be hark-A dust whom England bore, shap- ing back... to days long since gone. Then he said.

"When I was a boy of seven my mother was left a widow with a large family to bring up. For my support she received the sum THE ESCAPE FROM SLEMDOM of 18. 6d. per week froin the Poor

The workers' houses in Eng-Law authorities. land are bad enough. But "in Scotland Sonie of the dock,

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or £48 rent. The fear of unemŸ- Then, child as I was. I refused envious gods love too well. So I ployment is always in front of to stand it any longer. As soon begged him to come On my him. So he cannot get out of the as I was able I got a job running personal staff where I could siums and he has to live in tune errands, and so, independent, I see to it he got serious work to wwith locality."

was able to do without the lado. I knew the temper of his Well, what is your solution!" 6d. per week

spirit, and I promised him a fair communal system, came My mother was a laundress share of danger. The answer Neither private end by her labours she was able

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fear of exaggeration it can be stat enterprise for Government action, to keep us together, clean and loved to come, but he loved

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