WELL ON WAY TO RECOVERY

Chronicle (Levin), 25 March 1946, Page 8

WELL ON WAY TO RECOVERY

RRITAIN'S TRADE OUTLOOK INDUSTRIAL IIARMONY NEEDED Received Sunday, 7.15 p.m. LONDON, March 24. Another 12 months' uninterrupted work and Britain will have topped the rise to reeovery. That was the message Mr. Attlee gave to the Birmingham Jewellers' and Sil versmiths ' Association when speaking at its annual dinner. "We sifall require disciplin'e from the workers, particularly self-disci-plme," he said "We shall also require the right kind of leadership in managements. We shall need in our industry the same kind of espirit de corps that was found in our fighting forces. . ' 'Britain cannot afford to waste her strength in quarrels over wages, hours and conditions. We cannot afford stoppages in industry; we want the industrial maohine to go forward with a steady rhythm. There is something seriously wrong with an industry where there are frequent strikes and lockouts. We are right ly proud that in Britain we have built up great machinery for the settlement of disputes, in which we have set an example to the world. Having estahlished this machinery, it is folly not to use it." Mr. Attlee emphasised that the British standard of life was at stake. ' ' In this first postwar winter we have come through a very difiieult period. Henceforward we can expect 'a steady increase in consumer goods. All the Government's plans for education, the national health service and a fuller life for all can come from only one source— the work of the British men and Women, allied to our natural resources. "