| Show f Fashions ions Antistrike L Legislation Commons C Fas mons f. f As Minister Hits War-Time War Walkouts LONDON April 6 m Fuel jp Fuel Minister Gwilym Lloyd George told the house of commons Thursday in an emphatically worded statement statement statement state state- ment that strike action in time of war wart cannot be justified and si simultaneous simultaneous si- si simultaneous government moves indicated in indicated indicated in- in Britain was fashioning a abig abig abig big stick to end widespread stoppages stoppages stoppages stop stop- pages in the mining and shipbuilding ing industries As the United States army lent a hand to speed mining operations J Jin J Jin in the Northumberland coalfields Lloyd George declared that the coal crisis is the worst since 1926 cannot cannot cannot can can- and declared the government I not stand aside and allow collective collective collective tive bargaining or the machinery of conciliation and arbitration inthis in inthis inthis this vital industry to be weakened or destroyed He did not disclose by what I means this was to be prevented but Labor Minister Ernest Bevin has been authorized by the cabinet cabinet cabinet cabi cabi- net to deal with outlaw strike inciters inciters in- in citers under the wartime defense of the realm act and the government government government govern govern- ment announced it was considering considering considering consider consider- necessary necessary necessary ing what special powers were essary to stamp out outlaw walk walk- outs American army authorities sent two huge mechanical excavators to one Northumberland pit and they were put to work at once strip mining with approval of the fuel ministry Lloyd George announced that 60 per cent of the Yorkshire pits now were operating but said that the strike already has cost 1000 tons of coal has resulted in heavy inroads into dwindling re- re reserves and has stopped coal export ex export ex- ex port to neutral countries It has been possible to keep nearly all gas works in operation he said but the position of ot many now are precarious He declared the bulk of the strikers were completely out of hand and refused to accept the advice of their leaders The total of the striking Yorkshire Yorkshire Yorkshire York York- shire miners has dropped from at the start of the week to and a strike of and I shipbuilding apprentices apparently apparent apparent- ly has collapsed but the general labor crisis appeared yet to be broken In Belfast shipyard aircraft aircraft aircraft air air- craft and engineering workers re remained remained remained re- re idle About of 20 shipyard workers turned up this morning but after min last ute talks went home Several hundred hundred hundred hun hun- dred dockers resumed work BevIn is armed with authority to round up strike inciters under the same regulations that applies to any subversive action against the government and the nations nation's war effort |
