22 JULY 1916, Page 3

At a Conference of the representatives of the principal organized

trades, presided over by Mr. Henderson, on Tuesday, it was decided that all holidays should be postponed till the military situation permitted them to be enjoyed without detriment to the progress of the war. A letter from Sir Douglas Haig was read appealing in the simplest but strongest manner to the workers to support their brothers in the trenches. This letter had just that touch of imagination and opportuneness which is too often lacking in the management of public affairs, and it went straight to the hearts of the Conference. The enthusiastic response to Sir Douglas Haig's letter did the highest possible credit to the trade representatives. All is going well. The industrial Army is behind the Army at the front.