Evening star., 1947-05-25
Economy Control Held
Unworkable in England
Correspondent Predicts Failure for Program
of Naturalization, but Thinks Britons
Will Win the Production Battle
By Hal O'Flaherty

By Hal O'FIahcrty
LoNDON-Five ago. arrived in England at the beginning
of unofficial strike that
had called
Today pack home another unoaa strike has forced
half million Londone go Hardly
week has passed without its unofncial
plenty Every gets share and children
history Yet few men, sore
because arbitration award went against them could tie milk
deliveries to 100000 homes
A Long Story of Shortages
All through fearful shortage being
an absolute essential the country suffered intensely the coal
home needs and for export. s"i
people through the cold months there
endless talk clothing strictly
man is lucky he gets
for dresses s found ample quantities of available
The housing shortage standing joke the music halls of this
country it in nearly part of the world There millions of
plenty being
not enough And the story of shortages
What the eason Why should nation
it has ample natural resources? Nm s:
Everybody Is Looking for Answer. Il
economists meddins
kbizers trying those questions I've read the high
penetrating daily press
politicians exort the public Here are three answers reduced to
simplest form
many nonproducive @
much government
many strikes.
OF answers seems to best Great
Britain has population of 100000 There only 100000
ducv workers The of the population 2soooo beings
clothed sheltered by the hardy 100000.
Through the this disparity nonpducer
Museum poor rooms street soho about the
time of the American Civil War the
plotted units in unjust capitalist called
overthrow their masters and make the their They
were then 10 Utopan cassess
governed.
Slow Adjustment Of Structure
The British have liked philosophy
kea ELSEWHERE IN the western world These people know that too
lew OF their number are engaged productive work and determined
nonpoducers work in the industries where badly
needed =,
This adjustment Great Britain is being
carried " slow There idle
groups spotted map Kingdom like red rash
to be put work by moving industries where
unemployment
growing persons
called civil servants and clerks Some estimates
show this
increased by 100000 since the beginning of the 1t will
reduced.
| Imported Helps Somewhat.
Britain at this moment importing labor About 5000 displaced
persons from the camps in Germany being brought these
every month That isn't much Of q gain but 1T helps
Women being to they
well during the Some gains possible
cannot be diverted in large numbers from labor the home
Britain would thrive again Coal would be- raised to tn.
surface and transported to where it is needed
would turn out consumer goods both for home and
restored in opded economy can only done however by
ment, more controls more civil servants
That the all the
Btains shortages and economic woes-too much
Many Signs of BungIng by Labo1tes.
Those who insist responsible for rans
troubles the political opponents govern
ment They the
brand OF medicine for the patient They would Socialists
The ordinary citizen political oratory
majority in the House Of Commons and the citizen believes this
will vote against it at the next general election.
There bunging part
Undoubtedly they have made mistakes They planning nae
all key industries them They
in controlled detail of operation mining
agriculture manufacture electric country
planning would be centered in whitehall
increasing watching experiment state
socialism through extreme
whole operation directed
that the direction would Edinburgh
with Scotmen doing the directing.
Britain Is Sold N National Planning.
England sold national planning enough
people sufficiently alike religion
allow planning planning
established
ernment completing national plans laid
Iservatives.
operation
that will make national planning something
figures brilliantly illustrated democracy
Free liberties
subject o people
Rigid control from government London will carried
Its ultimate goal the industry
ana ees cannot be maintained
ta would evolve into totaitarian police
Conservative
government moves toward the complete
The third for Britan ills
have bdevd These strikes
illustrate the fact that Btons will
drain the national one
cuding and obviously restraint
Tor discipline
That Of Coal Is the Trouble
But Brithers placed sratjack Ts
control exanple1
H true that their great unions such the Transport
Workers Union COMPOSING
them submerged and individuals feeling
confusion of the many.
they their needs and rtehs
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