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(c) That the Chancellor of the Exchequer and
the President of the Board of Trade should see the Railway Management with a view to obtaining from them, if possible, some assurance that they would make no applica- tion to the Railway Rates Tribunal until experience had been gained of the effect of freight relief on the selected traffics.
(d) That at present no date should be named
as from which "anticipation" should come into operation, and that the question whether that date should be December 1, 1928, or January 1, 1929, should be reserved for later consideration.
(e) That the relief on the other selected
traffics, viz., agriculture, iron ore, pit props, etc should be anticipated.
(f) That the case of canals and private
railways for anticipation should, ir necessary, be considered later.
(g) That there should be no anticipation of the rating relief to be afforded to harbours and docks.
(h) THE APPEAL TO EMPLOYERS".
To approve in
principle the issue of an appeal to empley- ers, and the adoption of the draft suggested by the Unemployment Policy Committee as the basis of a personal appeal by the Prime Minister to employers.
(i) "AMALGAMATIONS”. To defer the question of amalgamations for consideration at a later
date.
To adopt
(j) *EXPORT CREDITS GUARANTEE SCHEME "
the following recommendation of the Unemploy- ment Policy Committee:-
To approve the proposals set out in paragraph 9 of U.2. (28) 7 relative to (a) the extension for a further period of two years from September 1929 of the Export Credits Guarantee Scheme, and (b) the announcement of the Government's intention to set up an inquiry into the administrative expenses of the Scheme.
(k) "EXTENSION OF ADULT TRAINING CENTRE SCHEME"
To adopt the following recommendation of the Unemployment Policy Committee:-
To accept the recommendations of the Industrial Transference Board that the Ministry of Labour Adult Training Centres for giving young unemployed men from the depressed areas training in a new trade
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