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WE'RE GETTING dangerously But we also know you will close to the end of the month never give up the fight. This is REGINALD and we still are a long way from what makes us confident that in LING, the former Home reaching our target of £1,750. There's not a moment to lose. will turn the situation around for the next four days you can and Secretary, rO Every donation must be rushed our September Fund. So, wher- memorandum in January One list was called 'Cheer to the General and Municipal W rkin immediately. our target in time. We know it is a tough, We must make uphill ever possible, try and raise extra work, raise money everywhere amounts; take a collection at payment of all overseas 1970 in which he stopped Middlesbrough Office 1966'. One column was headed turkeys and the other drink. ers' Union Mr Hunter prodı evidence of a third holiday the Cunninghams paid for sed for by struggle this month, but wi = feel you can. It's not too late and we that behind our paper is your know you will do iti Post every income to Mr John Poul- He said that of each column enormous determination to the Tory government. The latest fight donation immediately to: son, the head of the giant about half were either aldermen or councillors or local govern- was given of two holidays abroad At previous hearings evidence rouna or rent increases, me nuge greatly affecting all our readers. price rises and the large-scale unemployment, we know, ann slea September Appeal Fund, 186a Clapham High St, London, SW4 7UG. empire. achitectural Maudling, who • was building ment officers. list for 1966 on the notepaper of the Edinburgh office which pro- Mr Hunter said he had another by then Cuon Portan famit Mone of them to Portugal. At day's hearing Hunter disclosed that Cunningham had refunded the money-amounting to some the Cunningham chairman of Poulson's over- vided bottles of whisky to be £640—to the trustee in bankseas subsidiary and a member sent to borough surveyors, ruptcy. of other Poulson companies, borough architects, hospital secretaries 'and so forth'. Mr Hunter, continuing crossMr Poulson 'nothing passes to examination: Do you remember I without There was a list of ladies to asked you about Mr Cunningwhom flowers were to be sent in authorization'. ham's holidays and you said 1966. Mr Hunter said there were there were three jobs but only ment in Wakel When asked about this docu- ald Bankruptcy included a wife of a chief jus- three pages of names. They two holidays? Do you remember, you provided and paid for a Court yesterday, 'oulson said. I tice, the wife of an alderman, the recall that.' wife of a senior National Health holiday at the Carlton Hotel, Bournemouth, for Mr and Mrs At a previous hearing Poulson Service officer and the mother- Cunningham and their family. allow ng employers in smaller told the court that he and his in-law of a senior officer.

IN A TOP-LEVEL memo to the National Ports Council, official dockers' leader Tim ports to operate wit from existing and port employers. dock labour released 1 registered on contract recognized solicitor had seen Mau lling in London in August 1969 to demand payment of £70,000 which he was owed. stances send a Mr H inter: In turkey to would an alderman? what circum- Middlesbrough did. Mr Hunter: the event o No, suldn't Mr Cur sir, obviously but iningham in go, so Mrs O'Leary appears to have nent labour force outside the Other employers with a perma- sum of money but didn't pay. Maudling acknowledged Poulson: I have no idea. Cunningham was in July 1968. took a friend. That abandoned the demand to Scheme will be able to open Poulson flared up yesterday at Mr Hunter: Assuming a rkey bring all Britain's ports under what is described as a 'limited certain passages in the Maudling cost £10 in 1966 there' 8110 the National Dock Labour that pay and security of employ- register' if they give evidence worth of turkeys here f office. Hunter: Did they take a third Scheme. the official position of the Trans- The O'Leary report represents ment is equal to that given to registered dockers. But again there is no specific 'He [Poulson] attended all our ors, quoted Maudling as writing: Mr Muir Hunter, for the debt- not special account was o] holiday for the third the Carlton Hotel for th pened at e accom- job? A on the future of the docks. port and General Workers' Union Its recommendations are bound as they mention whether such conditions are under the Scheme. statutorily enforceable- board meetings. His staff admin- istered our finances and he per- sonally approved all payments' Mr Hunter: an alderma ou would not less than a send £10 expense? ham and his family modation of Alderman Cunning- at your to anger militant dockers who report ends with this Poulson interrupted: "That is not turkey. demand the immediate inclusion promise intention should be clear correct. I didn't see the pay- ments' Poulson's can't of ports like Felixstowe under Mr Hunter: I would have thought Mr Hunter: Why should you pay the scheme a move which would force them to employ -only that at registered dock workers an early and specific date Mr Huni taken? ter: there was not an alderman or councillor in the north-east for an alderman and a trade union leader to go and have a resistered dock labour only. The seven-page report is the agreed rates and conditions, al are empioyea on dock WOrK Poulson: He certainly is. I don't corner of England that Mr Poul- holiday at your expense? There must be some explanation?

T&GWU's response the The promise of an • inquiry the seone: That gone to all son does not know. government backed inquiry into into the non-Scheme ports and never saw Mr Hunter said that he had a the non-scheme ports which 1s the broad future for the dock in- ridiculous. letter from Mr R. P. Wilson who being steered by the NPC. An dustry was one of the main Mr Hunter said the 'whole was in the Ministry of Social The debtor admitted that he appendix, Which contains the weapons used by the T&GWU question' of the relationship had been a general commissioner union's views on individual ports, leadership to call off recent between Poulson and Interna- He said the letter was about a of the Inland Revenue and had is being kept secret. the published document dock strike. tional Technical and Construc- tion Services was raised. went on: test certificate car and he sat as a commissioner up to the last two years. O'Leary makes no mention of nationalization of the docks in- Mr Hunter: Surely you must see 'This is a car provided at your Mr Hunter: Did you sit in dustry which is his union's policy. the first question is what was expense and registered in your judgement on your fellow t axInstead he proposes the creation the true relationship betw 'een name and provided to a serving payers when you were OW ing super-port authorities based yourself and ITCS? officer of the Ministry of Social Her Majesty £200,000 odd?

trol smaller ports within their on large ports which would con- Poulson: We were acting as consultants for which we could ide, Poulson Asked why said, he supplied have Poulson: No, I had paid that back at that time. area. O'Leary says: 'It is intended claim fees. I am not a principal of ITCS. I was their consultant 1dea. ( that when the area that the major ports will have control of and did work, and I expected to Was fee?

be paid for it. That is why I is agreed, that these in total rendered accounts. I am amazed Poulson: It would not be. will cover the entire coast line that they have never been paid. man could not do anything. of the British Isles and that there will be no "gaps" left un- Before flying to the United Mr Hanter: Don't be so sure. Do allocated in which future dock developments could take place States appeared angry about yesterday Maudling revela- terrible difficulty getting people you remember you used to have Jobs that would repeat the dangers tions made during bank- to put stamps on National and mistakes of the past.' ruptcy hearing. Insurance cards. Could it be a Within the port 'areas' O'Leary 'I don't get a chance,' le said. help? proposes a flexible labour force that can be moved from port to "They can say what they well like about me and I don't bloody No, sir.

smooth out surpluses and short- port on a day-to-day basis get a chance to reply! Maudling's solicitors have Andrew Turnin ringl 1am, invc veme a lei Speaker : Soc ages labour. issued a statement about letter figure in Lab our and Labour L This is also likely to be unread Monday's neaning popular with dockers who Wakefield in which Poulson said oppose this kind of nomadic to Maudling that deputy Sheikh working arrangement. Khalil El-Khoury of the Lebanon On the key question of the 'wants paying' company Maudian chaires, can extension of the National Dock THE THEORY Labour Scheme the memo is de- cidedly vague. make the arrangements'. PRACTICE It talks of giving the recog The solicitors said: 'Mr Maudnized port authority the right to close facilities where pay and tsai, the Taiwanese THE WIFE of Mr 1 'heng Tzu- taken un- ling wishes it to be known that no action of any kind was taken given by Sunday October 1 conditions are 'in conflict with conscious from an London airport three airliner at weeks ago in regard to the proposal that business should be done with (SLL the major port authorities'. But again it is not clear whether atter extradition irom sweaen, deputy Sheikh Khalil El-Khoury Sunday October this means facilities must employ won permission yesterday to re- and the matter was not pursued.' registered dock labour only. main in Britain for 48 hours to Evidence was produced at yesElsewhere O'Leary proposes see her husband. He was alleged terday's public hearing that have been involved in an Christmas gifts of turkeys, drinks Tuesday October assassination attempt on Chiang Ba chaham to See London, Kai-shek's son, Taiwan's premier, illors, local government officials ind flowers were sent to coun- MUNICIPAL High when he visited New York. and their wives.

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