CONFERENCE OPENED BY MR. SHIN WELL

Chronicle (Levin), 18 May 1948, Page 5

CONFERENCE OPENED BY MR. SHIN WELL

LUXDOX, Alav 17. Xeither in Britain nor elsewhere were the people likely to aecept harsh conditions or strings attached to assistanco offers, said Alr. Shinwell when referriug to the Alarshall Plan at the opening oi the Labour Party's annual conference at Scarborough. "No nation has the right to subjugate another to its own will, however that will is expressetl — by bonil) oi' bribe, by force or food. \\ e welcome any aid honestly given by anybody towards restoring Europe to sanity and self-respecting life. " Alr, Shinwell, who was presiding at the conference, declared that talk of another war was a brutal insu-lt to the memory of those vvlio gave their lives in the struggle against Fascism and aggression. The Labour Party did not want any more war but there could not be one-way trallic in goodwill. World progress and cooperation would remain iusecure unless there was cooperation all round, particularly between the old wartime Allies, on the basis of mutual respect and tolerance. "The present suspicions and misunderstandings are all-embracing. A fortuitous set of circumstances might easily precipitate a war," he said. Alr. Shinwell, referring to Labour's domestic policy, declared: "We are resolved to end the cancer of social injustice. The problem of ensuring a higher standard of living is one of effective platming and scientilie organisation. An equitable share of the pfoceeds must accompany increased production. Xationalisation in its present foriu is not adequate. The State must ensure tne tinest labour c-onditions, guarantee consumers fair treatment and above aii insist 011 an adniinistration, not as between master and men, but in the spirit of full partnership. Nationalisation without demoeracy is not socialism. " Coal nationalisation was an experiment in whose success lay the Party's liope of further progress in nationalisation, Alr. Shinwell declared. The Govsrnment had Igid the foundations of a fruture iudustrial advance more secureLy than anv other Government within living memory.