POST-WAR PLANS

Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 133, 2 December 1944, Page 7

POST-WAR PLANS

PROPOSALS BY LABOUR

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LONDON, December 1,

Neither the Germans nor the Japanese as a whole can be acquitted of all responsibility for the crimes committed in their name, states a special resolution being submitted by the national executive of the Labour Party to the party's annual conference on December 11 to 15.

The resolution adds: "It is only just that Germany and Japan should make reparation and restitution to the victims of aggression as part of a controlled and ordered system for the repair of war damage as soon as possible."

The resolution suggests that no. enduring peace is possible .unless there is continuing co-operation between the British Commonwealth, Russia, and America. It welcomes the large measure of agreement reached at Dumbarton Oaks and approves . the establishment of the Security Council.

The resolution considers that the International Labour Office must be further developed and strengthened. There must also be a permanent international body to ensure abundant food supplies and better nutrition for all peoples.

New international institutions are required to regulate monetary and trading relationships between nations, and to organise world transport, including civil aviation. One amendment to the resolution protests against all economic measures whose effect is indiscriminately to pauperise the people of Germany. Another amendment asks the conference to dissociate itself from the demands of the Allied leaders for unconditional surrender.

A special resolution by the national executive says that it will be necessary for a Labour Government to control the Bank of England and the lending policy of the joint stock banks, also to establish a national investment board.

Agreements must be made with the Dominions, Russia, and America and other friendly nations for the purpose of stabilising exchanges,. regulating foreign lending, expanding international trade, and assisting agriculture and industrial development among economically backward peoples.