FULL EMPLOYMENT POLICY

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 80, 1 December 1945, Page 5

FULL EMPLOYMENT POLICY

BRITISH GOVERNMENT’S PLANS ' OFFICIAL OUTLINE GIVEN London, Nov. 29. j The Government’s plans for imple- . menting its full employment policy re- . quired the provision of means of controlling and directing the volume of private investment, said the secretary of the Department of Overseas Trade, Mr Marquand, in a speech to the Fabt ian Society. f The functions of the central statistij cal and advisory organisations which » the Government proposed to establish ' shortty would be to decide how the 5 national income should be devoted to ' private and public consumption ex- ’ penditure, private and public invest--5 ment expenditure and also the foreign balance. ’ The Government did not intend to 5 lay down a production programme for 1 every industry. Industries which were r nationalised could be regarded as joists 1 : n the national production edifice. In t ncn-nationaiised industries, social t priorities would have some weight in determining the value and volume of : new investment which would oe pert mit-ed. Ths people’s savings should » be invested only in enterpr::es with . sound prospects. . The Government intended to under--1 4 ake the production of necessary goods t co.d also to enter the inaixet, using , its great buying power to ensure the production of a sufficient volume of t good quality good s. Mr Marquand , 'aid. “My experience is thar all for- ' ward thinkin* men in inaintry, whatever their political sympathies., are encouraged to find that the Govern- ; ment bases it?- provision for future dc.^-to-day action on a convdered programme.” USE OF MANPOWER L The Minister of Labour. Mr Isaacs, to-day gave the House of Commons , the latest report on the switch of ' Britain’s manpower from war to . peace. He said there would be about 2.300.000 extra civilians at work by the end of this year. That meant that the country would then be halfway back to the 1939 industrial position. The Minister added: “Even if there is no speed-up of the present plan of releases from the forces, a large part of the remaining gap will have been filled by tlje middle of next £ear.” The British Government has set up a special committee to ensure Britain's j , scientific manpower and resources being used to the best advantage dur- | ing the next 10 years. The committee j will have first priority on scientific j manpower. The Lord President of the Council. Mr Herbert Morrison. an- ! nounced in the House of Commons the appointment of this committee. The temporary chairman. Sir Alan Barlow, said: “Manpower is the most urgent problem, and I am asking the committee to submit an interim report, on very broad lines, to facilitate planning in those fields which are dependent on scientific manpower. The committee will later be asked to make recommendations concerning the establishment of permanent machinery for carrying out surveys regarding the best use of our scientific resources in the national interest.”