FUTURE OF COAL

Evening Post, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 11, 14 January 1944, Page 5

FUTURE OF COAL

BRITISH MINERS' PLANS

RUGBY, January 12. British miners are to lay before Major Lloyd George, Minister of Fuel and Power, their own plans for dealing with post-war problems.

Mr. "Will Lawther, president of the Miners' Federation, said today that ffieir document will include a survey of post-war requirements in relation to coal production and man-power. He said the federation realised that the future of Britain depended on coal as an important export commodity. After mentioning various points in the industry such as hours of work, wages, and so on, with which it was proposed to deal, Mr. Lawther said that the theory of cheap coal had always meant in the past cheap miners. It was the rock on which the industry perished, and which led to such dire results in pre-war years, when they had the spectacle of prominent persons organising charity at Christmas for working miners. "We shall also consider the question of international post-war organisation in relation to the allocation of markets and the organising of them," he said. "Never again must the chaos and anarchy that are operating in coal markets be allowed to recur."—B.O.W.