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Greymouth Evening Star, 8 February 1947, Page 4

Faced with increasingly vociferous demands for higher wages and a shorter working weeK, and embarrassed by a wave of unofficial strikes, the Government has made a concerted effort during recent weeks to shock the country into a realisation of its precarious industrial position. The curiously-named White Paper, “Statement on the Economic Considerations Affecting Relations Between Employers and Workers,” the speeches of Mr. Bevan and Mr. Shinwell, and the grim plainspoken warning from Sir Stafford (“Prophet of Gloom”) Cripps, all seem part of a carefully planned campaign designed to have a cumulative effect upon the nation and particularly on the Labour movement itself. The ordinary working man, at whom the campaign is aimed, has grown tired of being bombarded with statistics and tables by Ministers. He is finding the fruits of victory shrivelled and unpalatable. He prefers a little jam to-day to the problematical fruits of an uncertain future, and the Government is likely to have a difficult time convincing him of the advantages of the long-term view.—Otago Daily TimesLondon correspondent,