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Learning a Lesson from Mr. Bevin
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" f'■ ET on with it, Mr. Bevint " This k-lwas the challenging reaction of Mr. J. L. Kinder, national organizer of the C.M.U.A., to Mr. Bevin's ultimatum last week, when, within 24 hours of the statement being issued on behalf of the transport unions, he spoke on the crisis, at the annual dinner of the Doncaster and District haulage rates committee.
Mr. Kinder said that it was not the time or place to discuss the merits or demerits of the unions' demands, but surely it did teach the employers a lesson. He thought every reasonable man would give Mr. Bevin every credit for his ability and the opportunities he took of playing a very useful game of tactics. Mr. Bevin could not, during the Coronation festivities, have called out the whole of the employees of London Transport with a 10 per cent. membership of his union. It was only because he had a 100 per cent. membership that he could, with confidence, bring the whole of the L.P.T.B. to a standstill. Therein lay the lesson.
Whether Mr. Bevin would be successful, if a strike did take place on March 26, remained to be seen. Personally, he very much doubted it, Mr. Kinder went on. He would like to see the industry for once say to the unions, " Get on with it. We are prepared to fight you." The industry needed to-day nien of guts and gumption who were prepared, even at a certain amount of sacrifice, to stand by their principles, based on equity and justice.
He was afraid that if the industry gave way on this particular occasion it would never be free in the future from similar demands. He was hoping that the move of the unions would result in precipitating the presentation of the expected Bill on wages and conditions.
In a reference to the ancillary user, Mr. Kinder reminded his listeners that if the strike did take place the ancillary user would also be in it.