ISSUES FACED

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20636, 16 August 1941, Page 6

ISSUES FACED

POST-WAR PLAN ECONOMIC OUTLOOK COMMENT IN LONDON (Elec. Tel Copyright—United Press Assn.) (British Ollicial Wireless.) Reed. 1.30 p.m. RUGBY, Aug. 15 The eight-point declaration by Mr. Winston Churchill and President Roosevelt is still receiving the greatest attention and it is being realised here that the two statesmen issued a realistic programme for the co-operative development of the free peoples of the world. Emphasis is laid on the importance which the declaration gives to economic questions which usually have been side-tracked in former post-war settlements in favour of political issues. The consideration of raw materials is recognised as of first importance and is applauded, as is also the insistence on an improvement of labour conditions. In Dutch Government circles in London, Major C. R. Attlee's announcement is greeted with considerable satisfaction. It has long been felt in these circles that some constructive plan should be held before the world to which all nations and individuals of goodwill could give their sincere support. Such a plan has now been drawn up in broad outline and the two leading statesmen of Britain and the United States have announced their countries’ intention to act upon it. It will find wide endorsement everywhere except with those elements in the world which still stand for aggression and the law of sheer force.