POST-WAR POLICY

Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 January 1943, Page 2

POST-WAR POLICY

PRONOUNCEMENT DESIRED FROM BRITISH CABINET. SOCIAL & ECONOMIC CHANGES. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 10.15 a.m.) LONDON, January 12. That plans for post-war reconstruction should be made now has passed from the stage of suggestion and become an accepted fact. There have been a number of pronouncements regarding post-war policy and also much discussion of post-war trade. Mr Herbert Morrison's recent speeches have been widely noted and approved, the chief criticism being that the speeches were made by Mr Morrison as an individual, and not as a member of the Cabinet, and a section of opinion looks to Cabinet to express, itself collectively and announce its principles throughout the world. It is hoped that the new peace will not be begun in the same way as Britain usually begins a new war—by starting where the last one left off and not realising that world conditions have changed in the interim. Sir Walter Monckton has pointed out that a social and economic revolution is occurring in Britain and that it is necessary to mark the main facts and features of this revolution in order to see the point from which planning begins. But to get away from politics, the war is now changing Britain’s shoes, as well as her face. Wooden-soled shoes are the . latest in footwear, although at present they are not plentiful. There are apparently several kinds, some soles being covered with rubber—despite the rubber; shortage—and others having a thin leather sole with wood strips.