BRITISH MINERS ASKED TO STEP PRODUCTION UP

Grey River Argus, 30 June 1947, Page 5

BRITISH MINERS ASKED TO STEP PRODUCTION UP

(Rec. 8.10) LONDON, June 28. Mr Arthur Horner, mine workers’ secretary, said that the miners’ national leaders are dissatisfied with the coal production, which was a quarters of a million tons below what it should be. He said: The mining industry must realise that a crisis is still on. The whole future of Britain depends on us. Mr Horner appealed to all of the miners to work one week-end each month to make up for holiday time and for coal lost because of absenteeism.

The Parliamentary and Scientific Committee, in its report to the Minister of Fuel, Mr Samuel Shinwell, says: “There should be one Minister responsible for administering the coal allocation scheme.” Another recommendation calls for a scientific effort to overcome the menace of the weather to the road and railway services. The committee commented on a statement that the Government had decided against any further expansion of the coal-oil conversion schemes, pending their reconsideration in autumn. The committee says: "It would seem improvident to wait so long.”