Latham, replying in Parliament to. [day to Mr. Crofts, the secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions, claimed that the Council misrepresented Australian workers, appeared to defend Soviet Russia and took its policy from meetings of foreigners in Shanghai.
The Attorney-General accused: Mfr, Crofts of inconsistency, saying that the Australian Council of " Trade Unions was only nominally affiliated with the Pan-Pacific Union—Reuter.
Sydney, July 12, Widespread comment has been aroused by a declaration made [Jock Harden, the secretary, and two other officials of the New South Wales Labour Council that they. have pledged themselves to bring the Australian trade union mo ment under the control of the "Red' Taternational.
A new communist club recently) opened in Sydney, named the Marine Transport Workers' Club, stated to have cost £32,000, It is thought in some quarters that the club was financed from outside
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