From our Industrial Correspondent
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LONDON busmen have withdrawn their 1—e resolution opposing the recruitment of employees from outside Britain, announced Mr. Frank Cousins, T.G.W.U. general secretary, last week, after a heated argument by the Union's executive. He said the resolution might be misinterpreted as implying support for a colour bar in staffing London's buses. His executive believed that the L.T.B.'s refusal to improve wages and conditions had driven the Board to seek labour from areas of acute economic depression. While accepting the resolution's withdrawal, they proposed to continue their pressures on the Board for a remedy, said Mr. Cousins. His statement is taken to mean increased attempts to get higher basic pay for drivers and conductors.
London busmen's leaders welcomed the promise of further executive support but were puzzled by Mr. Cousins' statement: they maintained that the resolution had been passed by a delegate conference, endorsed by the central bus committee and could only be withdrawn by another delegate conference—one of which was due to be held on Wednesday.