25 May 1942: The Trades Hall Council Votes To Repeal A Wartime Ban On The Communist Party
Title
25 May 1942: The Trades Hall Council Votes To Repeal A Wartime Ban On The Communist Party
Subject
The Communist Party during WWII.
Description
Motion carried for the retraction of the Menzies Government ban on the Communist Party in order for the Communist Party to play a role in the war effort and build, "National Unity for the defeat of the Axis Powers in 1942."
Creator
Victorian Trades Hall Council
Source
Minute Book Trades Hall Council 1940 to 1943
Publisher
University of Melbourne Archives
Date
25 June 1942
Contributor
Jack Rudman
Rights
University of Melbourne Archives
Format
PDF
Language
English
Type
Meeting Minutes
Identifier
Item Number: 1978.0082.0017, pp. 318-319
Coverage
Melbourne Trades Hall
Text
Delegates E. Smith and Lavars moved –
THAT this Council demands that the Government lift the ban imposed by the Menzies Government upon the Communist Party, in order that the Communist Party may play a full part in the National War effort, and so help to build the National Unity for the defeat of the Axis Powers in 1942.
Delegate Monk moved - as an amendment –
THAT this Council is of the opinion that the time is opportune for the ban on the Communist Party to be lifted.
Delegates Chalk and Osborne moved –
THAT Delegate Monks time to speak be extended.
Carried.
Delegate Coull moved - as a further amendment –
THAT the Federal Government be requested to immediately lift the ban on the Communist Party.
Delegates Edwards & Frank moved –
THAT the question be now put. Carried.
Vote; Delegate Monk's amendment on being put to the vote was declared to be LOST on the voices.
Delegate Coull's further amendment was than put to the vote and declared to be LOST.
The motion was thereupon put to the vote and declared to be carried.
MEETING closed at 10 p.m.
Confirmed.
THAT this Council demands that the Government lift the ban imposed by the Menzies Government upon the Communist Party, in order that the Communist Party may play a full part in the National War effort, and so help to build the National Unity for the defeat of the Axis Powers in 1942.
Delegate Monk moved - as an amendment –
THAT this Council is of the opinion that the time is opportune for the ban on the Communist Party to be lifted.
Delegates Chalk and Osborne moved –
THAT Delegate Monks time to speak be extended.
Carried.
Delegate Coull moved - as a further amendment –
THAT the Federal Government be requested to immediately lift the ban on the Communist Party.
Delegates Edwards & Frank moved –
THAT the question be now put. Carried.
Vote; Delegate Monk's amendment on being put to the vote was declared to be LOST on the voices.
Delegate Coull's further amendment was than put to the vote and declared to be LOST.
The motion was thereupon put to the vote and declared to be carried.
MEETING closed at 10 p.m.
Confirmed.
Original Format
Meeting Minutes
Files
Collection
Citation
Victorian Trades Hall Council, “25 May 1942: The Trades Hall Council Votes To Repeal A Wartime Ban On The Communist Party,” THE VICTORIAN TRADES HALL: AN ARCHIVAL HISTORY, accessed May 5, 2024, https://bpeddlesdenweds2.omeka.net/items/show/15.