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RESULT OF COAL CRISIS. PLANS TO FEED PEOPLE, (By Electric Telegraph —Copyright.) Received January 21, 9.0 a.m. LONDON, Jan. 20. Labour is preparing rationing plans for adoption in tho event of a national emergency duo to the coal crisis. Mr Morrison, secretary of the London Labour Party, explains that Labour is organising to assist m feeding tho pcoplo in the event of an upheaval. It is co-operating with the trade unions, and also tho municipal bodies. Mr Morrison said : “We feel strongly that it is the Government’s duty adequately to preparo to avoid an industrial dislocation. If a Labour Government were in power it would safeguard tho essential services by cooperating with tho Trades .. Union Congress. Therefore, wo are in duty bound similarly to assist tho present Government, provided (1) that the Government’s schenio does not make Labour’s plans impossible to operate, (2) that we do not find ourselves engaged in strike-breaking. Anyway wo will not idly watch our people starve.” The Standard says that tho Government has disclosed plans for action in the event of a coal crisis.
It is believed that immediately Parliament reassembles Mr Baldwin will proposo tho prolongation of a slightly modified subsidy.—Sydney Sun cable.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 44, 21 January 1926, Page 7
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