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WANTED: A POLICY

After consultation with the National Joint Advisory Council of employers and employed on the economic state of the nation, the Government have published White Paper, analysed in this page. summarising their con- clusions. Though added little- ar nahing to the sum of-publie knowledge, it epitomisest facts and figures about manpower, ex- parts and domestic supplies and minced no words as to the serious- iness of the position. Again and again the White Paper emphasises the urgency of increased produe tion, but when it comes to con- structive proposals there is

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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1947.

BRITAIN MUST WORK HARDER OR STARVE

This is the economic situation in Britain as "it" existe the,eues of the Governingut, and the Government ideas about ils remedy, A detailed account of the situation nà sccú fram Q71 recent the trade unions, with interpretative commentary elaime for shorter hours, striker and trade, disputes, follow.

eill

ed as a proper source for financ ing improvements and re-equip ment and salaries have also in- creased since the beginning of, the war, but a substantial proportior of incomes from all these sources were taken by the Government in the form of taxes.

The ch

change-over-from-war-to

London, Feb. 6, Twe lave-to-pre-on-with the With Britain · Cucing an export drive and send abroad economic

smoothly," states the White Paper. crisis, the Labour many goods which we should peace, so far, has been made very Government has told the peo-like to be able to use at home. There has been far less friction ple of this country to increase but which are less vital than than there was in the correspond production and exports or to the goods we import in ex-ing period 17 months after the lice, when no less than fare a severe cut in living change for them." standards.

In short, to work harder or starve.

This, grave warning, is con- taired in the Government's while Paper

on Britain's ecommic situation, which has just been published, and which makes it plain that Britain's position seventeen months after the end of the war gring indeed.

is

01-

The White Paper was com- in piled by the Government

with "the full consultation National Joint Advisory Coun eil representing employers and trade unions Employers

and the Trade Kanisationa Unim Congress will circulate hundreds of thousands af copies of the document so that every employer and worker in Brithin should know the full

facts.

Serious

uf "The position

Great "Fritain is extremely serious

states the White Paper. "This centry is still running into debt abroad. Each month our bajdhce, of oversens payments is all unfavourable."

The White Paper describes how, during the last seven years, Britain

1918 a working days were lost The White Paper makes it 39 500,000 clear that Britain cannot con- owing to trade disputes, compar- with 3,750,000 days in the Liau indefinitely to meet her ed

the deficits by external credits and corresponding period after

war, 1930-45 that she must soon begin to "The more satisfactory position of the external we are in today reflects the good repay some loans by means of which Bri- sense and steadiness of the gen- tain's present lying standards cral body of the workers, and shows that the improved relation are maintained.

"It is therefore, highly im. ship between the two sides place. perative that we secure a speedy, industry in a much better positio

ta deal with the problems that and substantial increase in the confront it than after the tas outpas of the products of Bri-wa tish industry, whilst maintain-

By EDWIN ROTH

the

the

ing their quality," states is White Paper. "That kernel of the economic and in- dustrial policy of the British

Government."

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By Dick Turner

JOE'S CLOTHES

"Why, de crooked so-an'-so! Only dis mornin' lic was tellin' me he didn't have multin' my size!"

Can We Make The Air Safe?

This time the situation is very different from that after Werle

1. Then Britain had War many workers, and millions pounds worth of goods the coun try could not afford to buy. To day there are tos few workers and, "according to the White Paper, too much money chasing after too few goods." To reach the vital increase in The White

Paper admits experts to 75 per cent above i there

in Britain the.pre-war level. Britain needs "patches of local unemployment, 500,000 more expert workers which the Government is doing

utinest to remedy and alone. But a manpower short, its

soins more such unemployment

occure in the coming months be age is inevitable for.

cause of unavoidable shortages of Seven hindred people have the language year to come,

School Leaving essential materials. This is, how-been killed in the past year, problem. -- The raising of the school ever, a very dif

different thing from many of them unnecessarily, in leaving age from... 14 to 15 the widespread and prolonged

the unemployment which occurred beair accidents due to inc years this spring means loss of 370,000 boys and girls White Paper, there will be a high

the tween wars, According to the international agreement,

During the way hardly any to industry within "deliberately

demand for the products cf Bri- of those accidents would have her the moment, too, nearly all the taing industry, distorted and unbalanced

and provided cecurred to RAF or American economic system, suffered the heavy industries--coal, iron and

old fear of bad trade and unem-! se and permitted the depre- texilles--suffer from a serious ritain's prices were right, "the bomber aircraft, because they

thing of ciation of her capital resour-labour shortage and are crying ployment should be a

By KEITH ces, sold at least half of her cut for more men.

The White Paper stresses as an

vernment, in the White | PULVERMACHER factor in Britain's Paper, warns however that de- external capital resources and went into debt abroad-ait for important

economic situation that the Gov pressions arising abroad 7may the purpose

of enabling thement, since 1941, las paid out spread the contagion of unemploy country to concentrate its heavy subsidies to keep Britain's ment to Britain's own export in fullest efforts upon, the war prices steady. During the present dustries. and in an endeavour to main-financial year, which ends on faig reasonable standards

March 31, 1941, the Exchequer of

has paid out subsidies approach. living,"

makes The document

iting 400,000,000 of which 4304, went to subsidise the 000.000 plain that Britain

nation's food.

faces

year. AU!

difficulty is a

What is needed is a standard of system as soon as possible. The

view of many

experts in Billain today is that the solu tiens will be found in - Loth Standard Beam Approach and Ground Control Approach. "

SBA will ensure safe. land- ings for all big aircraft in 95 v per cent of the weather and can be fitted now. GCA, will bring down the

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This should also satisfy all carried equipment, matched to ground the trade aspect, since Britain transmitters with which nearly and America would both benc all airfields in Britain were ft.

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tion and experts are not cleaned.

than pre-war.

On, for example, the highly relecting question of hours, of work, which scarcely audieves so Emuch as the honour of,a mention at the very moment when France, also faced with a production crisis, is restoring the 48-hour werk Britain's workers are busy, endeavouring to whittle it down. Haw the shorter week is to yield increased output has never been stated. The certainty is that in nine cases of ten it will re

Cannot Hold Aloof duce output and will necessitate fresh drafts on already acutely

We cannot isolate ourselves equipped.: from what happens in other coun- This superb organisation, short supplies of manpower (in-

Language Issue technical visively reviewed in the White

tries," states the White Paper, using existing "but the Government is Paper), in order to restore pro

doing achievement to the greatest The language difficulty everything it can in the present advantage has broken down be rcfcome by developing a industry is considerably increased There is an argument, of course,

there is bound to be some fear of this danger to a minimum, and

officers. This exists largely al- it is preparing measures to coun that nominal reductions in work

the

An air-liner on its way to-rendy.. to maintain

The language should the our ability ing hours do not necessarily mean

of prices". the White

teract it at home should the dan day from one country to an be. English, because well over lost stability

ser threaten." a real reduction but merely an

Paper said. exporta

Throughout the document runs other may have to land any 90 per cent of all airline pilots While a measure of stability increase in vertime payments. and imports, representing 籍 has been achieved by means of the urgent appeal for more pro where either in its own ter-speak it. That is not necessarily always the deficit of about 127,000,000 a subsidies, wages, salaries and production and increased experts astory or in someone chau's. The ease. In the coal industry, for month. The US and Canadian fits have been increasing the present economic position. It is under his control

not only remedies for Britain's pilot may or may the instance, where, a reduction im- anns gave Britain short White Paper slates. During the

"A pends. it will undoubtedly be breathing space." but to pay

war wage increases took

divert it from home

consulte/or the war ended, a new situation export, says the White however, there is no actual reduc- the country must increase its developed and it has now been Britain must not only keep he ably not.

ле present customers but must kid tion of hours but only an increase

more possible to provide settlements | 20

Awaiting Kuling new ones and must make sure export over a wide field of industry that British goods can be sold or in the number of hours ranking

As a result, wage rates rose con price and quality, as the present for overtime, the change is simply

The reason for this is that a roundabout method of securing

siderably during but the world shortage of goods would all the members of the inter July the general index ficure of ended in July, 1945, since lasot last.

national air authority, PICAO, a rise in wages without any rise,

Increased output is the thin are waiting for a ruling on wase rates has remained virtually which is needed above anything what is to be the standard bad. in production.

stable.

else,"

states the White Paper, and weather approach aid at all gives there reasons for the need;

airfields used by the signa 1. To carry out the enormous tories. Meanwhile each coun-4

work that is wait- programme n to be

Increas

Last year, according to White Paper, Britain £328,000,000 between

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air-

actual and not nominal. Where, for urgently needed Imports at almost regular intervals. We ough to get the output and proach aide for which ground fields must be worked out, just

exports to 75 per cent than the figure.

pre-war

The Road Back "So far we have been able to do little more than get back to our pre-war level," says the White Paper. "That is

why

Profits, which should be regard.

BARCLAY ON BRIDGE

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By Shepard Barclay "The Authority on Authorlties"

PUT A CURB ON MOODS

the

of

as Britain's exports pay for vitally neces

One more need is for guid have ance in thick fog. A system of blind ap diversions to accessible

stations are available, Probs for returning bomber crews. And passengers miust have accommodation or train ar-, angements ready for them at all Buch airfields. By this means their delay may be only as long as it takes to get, say, instead of days spent at Shan- from Hurn to London by strain,

non or Gander, in Newfound❤ land...

try uses a different: systems. Britain Wants 100

Two groups of people -ape: in order to pa

delaying FICAO from giving a sary imports:

final ruling on the aids to be 3. To increase the quantity of adopted. Fooris. for home consumption, s

The Idealists want to wait that infallen can be avoided and for a year or two until the oppon-standing of living assured.

real-improvement in the British perfect blind landing system

An Appeal

to see if his flustered ents wouldn't get themselves in- for his pass of West's overcall appeal 1 Britain's workers on to trouble. That was the reason The White Paper ends with the

After hearing his partner's employers:

Liberty Ships

Washington, Feb. 5. Britain has expressed

makes fog landings completely the wish to buy outright foolproof. That will come some about 100 of some 290 aay, and great efforts are be

ing made here and in Ameri- merchant vessels she ca, but it is not here now. now, has under the lend- The business men are trying lease charter from the hard to sell their countries United States, it w au- Products, with an eye on future thoritatively learned

ir radio trade, which is likely

This brings up the issue of wages, on which the White Paper also preserves a studied vagueness. It makes the pertinent remark. that "if costs of production and in consequence prices rise in re lation to world prices, it may make it impossible for us to pay our way in the world and buy all the imports we need." It also mentions Exchequer subsidies, teaching in the current year near-

It will cost you ly £400,000,000, designed to keep

plenty of the cost of living stable. The ob polnts to let your moods govern

your moves, especially in vious inference, which it fails to bidding. The player who acts

diamond rebid, he knew he had "A great responsibility rests. drew in so many words, is that upon a temper, or upon a mood

enough cards to make that both sides of industry to pla there should be no general in he has attained because

sul a safe sacrifice at a fair their full part in rousing the na height, so stuck in that 3-Hearttion to an appreciation of th creases in wages without com- succession of events, la pretty call. When that was doubled, country's very serious economb mensurate-increases in production. likely to rue his emotionalism. he was willing to take it outeres s

position and in ensuring the

to be worth £25,000,000 a year. here tonight, Yet the wage index rose by eight But since there are players himself into 4-Diamonds it is such a large, and sustain

Next month PICAO will increase in productien as wi per cent. last year and is still ris- with that type of nervous Ay South had not done so, but was enable us to have sufficient good

Application has already been meet again and it is hoped by inde for the purchase of 74 of ing.

tem, or mind, or whatever it much more pleased to see his to pay for our essential import all flying men that they will these vessels, nostly Liberty In Britain, as in Hong Kong, and since some of their and elsewhere, there appears

partner do it, since West din-and to meet the urgent needs decide on standard side for ships, and now British officials have them figured bled to opponents

the people at home”!-

navigation, blind approach, have signified the desire to buy be a steady, relentless wage in- put, many an unwise bid and

Even if that contract had This White Paper is the fore- airfield radio telephone, and an aviditional twenty to forty, double gets made.

been set Iris aide would have runner of a further White Paper her devicca.

on the economic state of Britais. If they do not agree, accid-

State Department officials said. profited, for the opponents which will be published in th

This disclosure coincided could make 4-Spades with the middle f February.

ints due to bad weather ap-|with today's opening of hear low of a trick each In spades, Together, the two White Papers proaches to land will occur as ings by the House of Represen diamonds and clubs. But the 4-will form the basis for the grea frequently next year as they do tatives Merchant Marine Com Diamonds doubled got made, as economie inquest," which Mr | today, “ S985

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Calcutta

Aids To Landing The aids to landing concern ed are:

(1) Standard Beam Ap proach (British), a method used before and during the war with great success. Enough equipment exists now to instal this In every airliner in the sky and at every major air field in the world..;

mitted on the resolution pro- posed by its Chairman, Mr. Fred Bradley of Michigan, call- ing for the immediate return of all ships now under lend lease charter to Britain Rou

ter.

2.

Roosevelt Agreement

Washington, Feb. 5.. Testifying, before the House Sub-committee on Merchant Marine which has been can A Calcutta, Feb: 5,

sidering leglatation calling for (2) SC551 (Américan)

· Flying Squads of police con- trolled

Calcutta with fixed similar, but improved systern, the immellate return of 306 bayoneta as workers staged a likely to be the basis of the ships from Britain, W. W. one-day general strike in profuture Ideal robot device, but Smith, Chairman of the Com Lost against the recent incident not yet available in quantity mission, said this has been the when the police fired on student for aircraft sots, Heathrow Commission's policy for some trans-lime but jurisdiction over the demonstratora supporting the already has a ground struggle of Viet Nam Repub-initter, we be chips was now in the hands of 'cane aftirst the French In (3) Ground Control Ap the State Department under an Indo-China

prouch (American), dystem agreement between Roosevelt, of talidng; the aircraft down atd Churchill to the ground based on radar While the resolution pertafa- positions. The great merit of ed only to ships chartered ta this is that the airplane needs Britain, the Committee also on strike for more nay only radio telephone, which is lock up the matter of the 96 At least one alp carrying fitted to all airliner Moder ships chartered to Russia and Jaisey yas unloaded Router, ate quantities are avilable, but the 12 to China--Central News,

Worst hit by the strike wer the docks where, according to trade union officials 20:00 Jaborers joined the 10,000 10w