SLUMP INEVITABLE?
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Britain Must Organise Against Poverty T.U.C, PRESIDENT'S VIEW
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(Received 7, 10,0 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 0. Declaring that a slump was inovitable afteo the completi >r, of rearmamenr ii things were left to dritt, Mr A» Bevan, in. his presidential address to the Trades UniQU Congress at Njrwich, ui'ged that if the nation Qonld organise its tlefence prograpime it could also organise against unemployment. poverti', manutritiou aud disease. Preparations must l egin immediately, Inc'iudjisg a survey iirst at Home and them, in conjuuotion with the Dominions, for the remainder cf the world. Mr Bevan sympatlused with the Spanish and Chinoro figktiag and aggression and deplored the continuod s.'aughter of non-combatauts, He , declared that the Govern.nent nmst eease obstructiug the Intavrjational Labour Office, which might gssist international appeasement. Mr Bevan aunounced that the general council would establish a scientific advisory council to secure systematie advice from leading scientists, "But," he added, "we will not allow scientists to f ranie our policy. ' '
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 198, 7 September 1937, Page 7
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