Edward Bennett interviewed by Richard Raxworthy in the Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project [sound recording]

Mr Bennett, State President of the Printing Industry Employees Union of Australia, talks of his early life in Sydney; being apprenticed as a hand and machine compositor; his service during the war as a wireless operator; learning the violin; joining the union; his interest in the chapel; his attitude to technology; Col Colborne as union leader; differences between printing unions; Rupert Henderson and Bennett's involvement in the chapel; dispute at the Mirror; joining the ALP; communist influence in the unions; becoming State President; Col Colborne; donation of the ITU ruling machine; amalgamation of unions; Labor Council meetings; Bob King; Jim Kenney; effectiveness of the Council; John Ducker; Fred Bowan's influence; ALP split in NSW; takeover of Merrylands Branch; Charlie Oliver; election of Hawke as President of the ACTU; Hawke's ambitions; NSW State Industrial Commission; Barrier Miner; Barrier Daily Truth; Murdoch; effectiveness of the Conciliation Commission; trip to the US; introduction of the teletype setter; his education.