CHURCHILL APPROVES MERGER PLAN FOR COAL AND STEEL IN EUROPE
LONDON, May 16.—Mr. Winston Churchill, as chairman of the United Europe movement, today welcomed the Schuman plan for merging the European coal and steel industries. A statement issued on Mr Churchill’s authority after a meeting of the movement’s executive, called the proposal “an historic initiative.” The statement asked the British Government to announce imr -ediatelv that it would work with bFner European governments for the practical implementation of M. Schuman’s proposal. This statement, was the fust indication that Mr. Churchill*favoured Ihe plan. Britain's Conservative Party, led by Mr. Churchill, has not yet expressed an opinion.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 18 May 1950, Page 5
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