CALL FOR ACTION

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 70, 19 September 1930, Page 9

CALL FOR ACTION

INDUSTRY'S CAPTAINS

COUNCIL IN BRITAIN

POLICY OF PROTECTION. United Press Association—By Electric Tclograpu—Copyright. (Received 19th September, 1 p.m.) LONDON, 18lh September. Declaring that ihe British people are tired of- the waste and extravagance of successive Governments and their slavish adherence to parties' economic theories which have lost all relation to facts of modern business life, prominent industrialists, of whom Sir William Morris is chairman, have convened a meeting for 25th September to establish a National Council of Industry and Commerce, consisting of business men determind to secure the protection of the Home market and the advance of inter-Empire trade. The conveners point out that the depth and persistence of industrial depression demand immediate action. . They include: Lord Melchett, Sir Woodman Burbidge, Sir Hugo Cunliffe Owen, Sir Hugo Hirst, Sir Ernest Petter, and Sir Felix Pole.

Sir William Morris, Bart., is tho well-known motor manufacturer. Lord Melchett, formerly Sir Alfred Mond, is the guiding spirit of Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd. Sir Woodman Burbidge is chairman and managing, director of Harrods, London, Ltd. Sir Hugo Cunliffe Owea is chairman of the Bri-tish-American Tobacco Co. Sir Hugo Hirst is managing director of the General Electric Co. Sir Ernest Better is chairman of Tetters, Ltd. Sir Felix Pole is chairman of Associated Electrical Industries, Ltd.