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THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 8, 1940
CENTRAL DI
DIRECTION
OF ECONOMIC WAR EFFORT URGED LABOUR
PLAN A PROPOSAL FOR A central directing WORKING
authority
Britain's controlling
internal
economy, a suggestion that we should not rely Mr. Bevin declared in Parliament yesterday that too much on the United States which might there was a plan for la- become embroiled in war with Japan, and a bour and that the plan charge that sufficient was not being done to was working.
He said that a thousand miners, train skilled workers, were offered during throw out of work by a collapse, yesterday's Commons debate, following Mr. had been Greenwood's speech (reported in Page the construction of gun-mountings |Three).
the
used to increase power of the Navy by speeding up
and other things. Hitler would get a far warmer welcome than he otherwise would have done.
Government were doing all they
It was also complained that the problem Bevin added that while the of unemployment and under-employment had not yet been tackled with sufficient energy.
Mr.
form,
the
could to train men for industry
they were not getting all the help
they might from industry itself. He concluded: "While we may E. Shinwell, (Labour) pletely worked out
make mistakes in judgment, we of general system which they were
towards urged an exhaustive survey
are planning
securing the country's economic possibili- gradually bringing into being over final victory."--Reuter. lies and asked, assuming the the wide sphere of our national war lasts two or three years, economy-Reuter. whether Government had esti- mated the needs in aircraft, guns, ammunition, raw materials and exports.
a
He asked whether there was definite allocation between
actual war, essentials and ex- ports and civilian needs.
Mr. Shinwell declared that, according to reliable estimates, Germany had 780,000 men women training for
envisaged 40,000
this year.
being
Mr. Shinwell then
and industry,
to talk of unemployment under-employment
in
BRITONS
RELEASED
AMERICANS REWARDED
BY FRANCO
Francisco Franco, generalissimo A Swedish steamer ar- of the Spanish government, has
Great Cross
and suggested that allowing miners to remain un- The men
of in-
of
while we had 28,000 trainees and rived in a Scottish port conferred the
Isabella on eight Americans trained from Petsamo, Finland, cluding two cardinals of the yesterday with 125 Bri-Roman Catholic Church, the late
George Cardinal Mundelein, Chicago, and Dennis Cardinal Collective Production tons on board.
They had been interned in Dougherty, of Philadelphia. The proceeded Sweden after being cut off be- one award was posthumous..
and tween.
Narvik Trondheim and
Other Americans receiving the Britain, when the British Army was decoration included W. Cameron instead of evacuated.
Forbes and Ogden H. Hammond.
Forbes consisted mostly of
was governor-general employed, Government might infantry troops. it there were a in the Philippines from 1909 to finance the building up of huge tew airmen and seamien.
1913: He was closely associated stocks of coal or divert miners There are a further 111 men with the American administration into war
industries. He also who are to be repatriated from in the Philippines for many years,
Associated Press. suggested that in order to meet Sweden.-Reuter. the German attacks on shipping! the docks and harbours on the west coast should be improved. and in order to develop a large export trade, manufacturers and export companies should be fin- anced, and individual effort and competition must considerably be modified or replaced by a full- blooded system of collective pro- duction.
He added that we could not
the
United rely too much on States who might be embroiled in a war with Japan; it would be better to assume that we must rely on ourselves and or- ganise accordingly.
GEN. DE GAULLE'S COMPACT WITH BRITAIN
A MEMORANDUM OF agreement between the British Government and General de Gaulle states: The French force assisting Britain will never be re- Schuster Suggestions quired to take up arms against France.
Sir George Schuster (Liberal National) said that Mr. Arthur Greenwood's account
The memorandum was issued in London last not night with the letters exchanged between Mr. Chur- very convincing and urged that chill and General de Gaulle. the first step should be to estab-
was
re-
men
lish a central directing authority In his letter Mr. Churchill ex-[tish control will include a propor- and that we should aim, with the American countries, to build presses Britain's determination to tion of French officers and
secure full restoration of French in their complement.
General de Gaulle and the Bri- up a satisfactory economic gime for the war period to give independance and greatness when
tish Admiralty will keep in close victory was gained. the inhabitants of these countries!
The Agreement, which datės touch and decide the allocation of a satisfactory basis of life and deny to enemies what they need from July 1, 1940, states that the ships. The use of French mer- French force of volunteers being chant ships and crews-for mili- ed. Reuter.
Col. J. C. Wedgwood (Labour) raised by General de Gaulle would tary operations-is also to be ar- urged the need of finding an out-as far as possible retain the char-ranged between General de Gaulle let for our surplus products, in-acter of a French force in respect and the British departments con-
of personnel-particularly as re-cerned. stancing Gold Coast cocoa, Straits gards discipline, language and the tin and rubber.
Short Range Plan
For Present .
British Command
promoting of duties."
As soon ap is practicable, the Under the agreement, General British Government la to supply de Gaulle is to accept the general. the French force with equip-direction of the British High Com-- - ment which may be essential to mand.
place Its units on a scale equi- Subject to the provision that Mr. Harold Macmillan, Parlia- valent to that of similar British the French force will never be re- mentary Secretary to the Minis-
units.
quired to take up arms against try of Supply, replying to the de- Weapons, planes, ammunition France, General de Gaulle when bote, sald Government's task was etc., brought with them by the necessary, will delegate by agree- even more complicated' thun French force, will be allocated in ment, the immediate command turning over to war economy be- priority to them to help with their of any part of the force to British cause war economy itself had to equipment. be adjusted to rapidly changing) strategic and
tactical considera-
tons.
He
could not
announce the
French Fleet
To make the utmost use of ves- broad ambitions of a large-scale sels from the French Bect, careful economic plan.
arrangements have been made for their allocation.
The vast scale of events must be borne in mind and the first de- finite plan was to give every sincw of our strength to preparation in the next few weeks and months.
Then it might be possible for Ministers to give, in a more com-
officers..
༥
When peace comes, Britain undertakes to help the French volunteers to regain their:rights, and national status and in the meantime is willing to afford special facilities to volunteers --to acquiro-British nationality. While the French will oper- The sums required for consti- ato as many warships as they tuting and maintaining the French can man, the others will be un-force will be met in the first In- der direct British-control, and stance by Britain and will be “re- some other Allied naval forces.garded as an advance and spe-
-Reuter. Where possible, ships under Bri- cially recorded."