MR LLOYD GEORGE

Evening Star, Issue 21905, 17 December 1934, Page 11

MR LLOYD GEORGE

" GET SOMETHING DONE ” PLAN NATIONAL RECONSTRUCTION URGED Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, December 15. The ‘ Daily Herald ’ says that Mr Lloyd George, as a free and independent citizen tied to no party, will launch a public campaign early in the new year to convert the public to the imperative need of national reconstruction, with the slogan “ Get something done.” The scheme will include sweeping'proposals for replanning Britain and is the result of months of preparation at his country house, where he held consultations with groups of economists, business men, and financiers.

Mr Lloyd George says he will appeal to the mass of silent non-party voters who are ready to swing over to a policy of active ‘and resolute reconstruction. “ National control of the Bank of England - as, the key to economic recovery and reconstruction will be the foremost point in the programme. The bank must be a real State hank instead of a close corporation.” He adds: .“ There is something desperately wrong with a system that cannot adequately feed, clothe, and employ a large proportion of its workers. 1 am going to spend the last years df my life trying to alter that.”

NOT SUPPORTING ANY •• ISM " APPEAL TO ALL PARTIES. LONDON, December 16. (Received December 17, at 10 a.m.) Interviewed. Mr Lloyd George insists that he does not desire to i support Liberalism, Socialism, Capitalism, Pacifism, Nazism, or any other “ ism.” He simply appeals to all parties to consider c,i broad non-party lines a series of proposals before the General Election. He emphasises that there is nothing revolutionary in his advocacy of national ■ control of the Bank of England, which he has always favoured. Britain is the only country where a bank which, is essentially a State bank is not controlled by Government observers, ho says. READING BETWEEN THE LINES ANXIOUS TO FORM SEPARATE GROUP. . LONDON, December 16. (Received December 17, at 10 a.m.) A political correspondent says the fact that Mr Lloyd George first disclosed his plans only to the ‘ Daily Herald ’ and the ‘ News Chronicle ’ shows that he hopes to doming,td a Socialist-Radical combination, in which he would hold the balance of power. Mr Lloyd Geof'ge expects Labour to win 200 seats at the General Election. He believes that his plan will appeal to unattached electors, who like ;neither Socialism nor Conservatism. and give him a compact group which would hold the balance between Government supporters and Labour.