FOR PRESS: PM.NO. 66/1967 POSTAL DISPUTE
FOR PRESS: C--3JUN 1967
4' LI8' AD7 PM. No. 66/ I967
POSTAL DISPUTE
Following is the text of a telegram sent this morning
by the Prime Minister, Mr Harold Holt, to Mr L. J. Benaud, General
President of the Union of Postal Clerks and Telegraphists
" YOUR TELEGRAM 2rcTH JUNE. MY COLLEAGUE
THE ACTING POSTMAS TER -GENERAL HAS ALREADY
INDICATED THE POSITION TAKEN BY THE GOVERNMENT
AFTER CABINET CONSIDERATION, NAMELY, THAT IF YOUR
UNION ' 7! IHES CONSIDERATION TO BE GIVEN TO THE VARIOUS
UNION REPRESENTATIONS AND TO AVOID THE CONSEQUENCES
OF ANY STOPPAGE OF WORK, IT MUST ARRANGE FOR
CANCELLATION OF ANY STOPVIORK MEETINGS AND REMOVAL
OF ANY THREATS OF DIRECT ACTION. HAROLD HOLT
PRIME MINISTER."
CANBERRA, 29TH JUNE, 1967.
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