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dispute' to resolve the faceoff. Sullivan, believing in the authority of government, won a reputation for toughness for his response stating "It just cannot go on. No self respecting government could tolerate it". The lampblack dispute was resolved, but disruption on the waterfront continues. The government invoked the Public Safety
Conservation Act again on 21 February 1951, the next day gazetting emergency regulations which gave Sullivan sweeping powers during the ensuing period of the
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