Now Paying Price Of Weak Leadership
— Received Wednesdav, 7 p.m. LONDON, Feb. 11. .Considerable importance is attached both to the meeting today between Mr. Attlee, Sir Stafford Cripps, Mr. Revin, i\rr. Isaacs and the T.IJ.C. deputation to discuss the Government's proposals about wages ou,tIined in last w.eek'.? Wbite Paper and .tomorrow 's Commonsdebate on personal "'incomes, costs and prices. , % " ' Tlie initial reaction of trade union, ppinion has hardened ggainst aceept-j ing the Government "proposals*" and .several l)ig trade unions have deciared tlieir intentipn .of proceeding with their, own wage claims.
One suggestion is that, as the respJ't of their talk with Cabipet Ministers, the general council of the T.U.C. mgy recbmmend to their coip5tituent unio,n,p' a truce to all claims for higher wages, on an assurance from the Government that th,e problem of profits, dividends and rising -food prices will- he dealt with in the ApriT Budget. Sir Stafford Cripps, however, cannot' indicate what his Budget policy may be and the council may have to acc.ept his •assurance that the counter elai-ms of the trade unions will be considered from the standpoint of ,higher taxatipn , or some means of Jimiting' -prp/i.ts and: dividends. " '
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Chronicle (Levin), 12 February 1948, Page 5
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