LABOUR PLATFORM
SHAPING A NE.W. PLANK DESIGN TO STANDARDISE PRICES (DNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COPYRIGHT.) (SXDNBX SUN CABLH.) (Received 26th September, 10 a.m.) LONDON, 25th September. The consideration of a scheme for Governmental bulk purchase and transport of the principal commodities, and also the distribution of foodstuffs and other household supplies.by municipalities and co-operative societies, is one of the chief proposals which the Labour I Party's Executive is submitting to the annual Labour Conference on the 2th October. The proposal also includes the standardising, grading, and marking of all commodities, where practicable, according to their quality and condition, with a view to enforcing standard prices. If the conference carries the proposal it will become a plank in the party's platform, to which the Cabinet will be committed. . Other proposals of the executive are the nationalisation of mines at the earliest possible date a National_ scheme of electric power based on public ownership and control, and increased payment for the unemployed.
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 76, 26 September 1924, Page 7
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158LABOUR PLATFORM Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 76, 26 September 1924, Page 7
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