National Strike Committee says:

After twenty-two weeks of the greatest industrial struggle in New Zealand's history in which 20,000 workers have stood alone against the most vicious employers' Government seen outside [unclear: fascism], the locked-cut workers end strikers hold to the principles of unionism more tenaciously and more consciously than over.

After squandering tens of millions of money and their last remaining moral asset to smash at the heart of the New Zealand trade union movement, the employing class has failed Only the abandonment of union policy by the rank and file and the repudiation of their fighting leadership would rep-resent victory to tho employers.

But, despite their heroic stand in the face of sacrifice hardship and persecution for themselves and their families, the workers would have victory only if an aroused people had joined them to wipe out the Emergency Regulations and had compelled the shipowners and shipowners Government to negotiate.

Neither capital nor labour can claim complete victory. The issue is yet to be decided.

In this situation the maritime unions could turn their backs to the sea and leave the employers to the chaos of their own making - and to the scabs. But the ships and the wharves are the [unclear: seamens'] and the [unclear: watersiders'] own workplaces. They are the ground, together with mines, freezing works and other industries, where the battle for trade union rights must be fought and won. Now is the time for that battle to be joined. Now is the time to consolidate tho magnificent fighting unity developed during this epic struggle.

Supremely confidant of the conscious discipline of our ranks we call upon every individual member to return to work and hold up the banner of his union on tho Job.

We call upon watersiders, seamen, miners, freezing workers, drivers, and all other unionists to stand by their fellow workers in a positive fighting programme to overcome screening, hold conditions, and clean out scabbery root and branch.

In unity we have fought and in unity we return to our industries to fight again.

In twelve months it will be time to say whose is the victory! We are confident in Our strength!"

(The above resolution was carried by tho National Strike Committee on July 9, and endorsed by the Wellington Branch on July 12, 1951)