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Show BACKSSOLDIERS (By International News Service.) LON I ),' IN, July 2. Field Marsha! Lord Hnlg has acnounced what he i terms the "selfish obstinacy of the : British trades unions who refusi n open their ranks to the returned sol-; dler. thousand"! of whom arc- Jil.le.-s I I can see no more serious setback 1 j to the development of trades union-: I Ism throughout the world than the triumph of ihose principles against i which we fought for nearly five yean In France. ' he said "It Is the turn of employers and trades unions for sacrifice The ex-service ex-service men already have made their?. The inability of the ex-soi- j dler to earn the full irade union i wage is due to the fart that some "f the best years of his life were glv n at the risk of lifp Itself fighting for f his country and thereby fighting fori the very principles and exlstenac of these trade unions." Even Lloyd Gfeorge has endeavored to open 'he ranks of building trades unions SO that lb nations housing program might be speeded ii). but he baa hail no success. Mricklejrere, masons, piaster are, painters all re-Cuee re-Cuee to open up their ranks, saying It will "dilute" the labor market and ' thereby result In a lowered wage cale Lord Haly styr. the evidence chows the unions ar,j mors to blame than employers, many of whom genuinely gen-uinely have endeavored to give ex- i service men work, but hae been blocked "There are still too many thousands; of ex-service men who are today fight- ' lng the hardest battle of their life in the endeavor to find work which would keep themselves their wives and their families from absolute starvation." the field marshal declared "We need something more substantial substan-tial than fulsome ble8ings nnd pious! aspirations This w a case more than i ever for deeds rather than words." |