Wage Order

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30558, 29 September 1964, Page 16

Wage Order

Sir, —“Had Labour” has a very vivid imagination but a poor memory. Why not be fair and place the failure of Labour’s price control effort in the appropriate place, namely, at the door of merchants and others? They made the minimum price the maximum one and retailers were forced to observe this. If old enough to be one of the unfortunates in 1935, “Had Labour,” I bet, was glad he had Labour then. The reference to men coming home from war and being unable to obtain homes is a gross libel on the memory of Mr “Jerry” Skinner (a returned Soldier with a splendid record) who instituted and carried out the best rehabilitation scheme in the world. The further reference to “benevolent” businessmen who paid above award wages in order to pirate labour from their opponents is laughable in the extreme. —Yours, etc., TOM BRYCE. September 28, 1964.

Sir, —What a pleasure to read of someone who is satisfied with the pension—- “ Well Satisfied” in this morning’s issue. It is usually only the grumblers we hear about. —Yours, etc., ALSO SATISFIED. September 28, 1964.

Sir, —I can assure my critics that many social security beneficiaries have to seek charity in order to live because of the Government’s failure to introduce price control. As for black marketing, it has been legalised by the Tories into profiteering, and this becomes worse with each wage order as prices skyrocket with them. I, too, am a churchman, and also contribute to my church in spite of present high living costs. As regards tasty morsels, these are only visions for many poor peole that I know Of. One only has to travel round to see why costs are so high because of business executives’ expense accounts. If “No Swindle Sheet” looked round he would know that these accounts are also a good excuse for tax deductions in order to increase profits.—Yours, etc., DISILLUSIONED NATIONALIST. September 28, 1964.