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THE TELL-TALE MEMO
RANDUM.
Effect of Withdrawal of :
Prosecution.
Impossible to Enforce Penal?
ties Against Others.
5tr ' LnUuniiV ir.cmovaiidum. piibhslied
in -;fsy cl 1 1 oy% c -wii s net; jiuhlishcd. in- full, anil
W'as lint ; (ipotcii ;l;y' 51 r. '/Xhcudei'c ill tlic
House ;in-< lull:'.- ' 'Xlic. extracts . published
'staled Vthat'. ' tlie a-A ttoi-iic,v:Gcueriil. .wrote
ur memorundiini. drawing : attention to the
filet -L-Iiilt ns/ long: ngo. , itis J7Llt -i August,
;!)27; jie-'SuhmiUciL In 'Cabinet: n ...minute,
recommending Unit nisleipl-. ol 'incronsing
the penalties .iiiielci-.i'.llie'.XiKliistvial, Arbi-
Mrnlion Act, ;.llie: penalties '-should.-, be abol-
iuhbd: a X'XJie existing penalties, it .was
s la Led- -liuil -proved inetiCctiyc. AIi. .La--
it liamiiuiggestcd .Hint"; tlic court .might, be
'".strengthened in ..other ways, anil doregis-
trution: might be.'iuailo--au cflcetrvc pun
ishment. ... .
At- this time' the' Governuient wns con--
ssnlci'ing.'itsmicivi Arbitration ,:Aql Amend-
nicnt: Jlill,' (wlncli-was. passed nr 1028, but
6o far from heeding Mr. . Latham, Cnbo
Xict: ilcei(!ed'.t6-. enact , heVi vie r/iioi in 1 1 i bs
strikes -anil lock-outs. Tlic M2Scbill was
paused despite: strung uiijjositioii.
; Tlic tunbur -workers' strike aiul. t.hc
New South- Wnles - coal > trouble- prompted
51 1-.- .Latliam- inu-April- tins your to bring
uji the! inattci- . again: .. lie j-ovicwed tlic
tiuvernmont's anti-strike inensiii-cs : from
tlie -Deportation z\ct to : last year's Arbi-
tral!iiri..v-Ameni)iiient, niul pointed out
their-' futility). to-cprevciit (strikes. 'J hoy
toiil:- bei'.u-:iinnblo .to collect' n heavy line
from tlic-Xriuihcr XYuikers Union, and u
line nuiiosed . on : a Melbourne Labor ofh-,
uial hint- iiot been collected lincnuso, under
-thn'A'ieloriun -law; disti-amt -could not lie
made -on -,1ns ;. -fiinut lire. . .. 5Ir.,- , Latham
-pointed out that.- the. uliiusc.wbich sought
to, .prevent .contributions - lo jiursons oil
utrike was useless., . Gollcctpnis were being
taken - up .'.'temporarily ,- .nnd uiuniis , wero
imposing levies ., for , ihe. support ol tlie
'.strikers:,, lists or'acoriti'ibutioiis-vtu what
ivei-o; .ln-acticallv.csti'iko- funds .: were pub'
dished, and though : juihlisliing plight lie
ioi'buldeii; this, 51r. J,atliam thought, ivus
-llllldvisnble..- ' :v-
I lie jXttoi-iiey-Goncral also commented
unfavorably on (lie witlidi-iiwui of tlie pro
ceedings iigiiinst ; 54r.;;.-Bi-own:- wlio had
been (charged with . a luck-uut. 'He said
-this, iietioiviiuul uiade 1 it .uiiijiessffilc to on-
lorce j.-cualfies against' ctlier jie'rsons, and
.had cncniirnged- resistance to- tlie .. indus-
ti i.il law by -llie sli-ikei-s. .Ali-.-Latliain de-
tci ihed "tiie::stc-i> taken'-as ''politically un-
wi6e." -.
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