CHANGE OF OCCUPATION

Waikato Times, Volume 106, Issue 22762, 10 November 1945, Page 5

CHANGE OF OCCUPATION

INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION SUCCESSFUL TRANSFER (By Tel.—Press Assn.—Copyright) (Received Nov. 10, 12.15 p.m.) LONDON, Nov. 9 The economic switch-over going on in Britain constituted an industrial revolution greater in size and speed than any previously in this or any other country, said Mr Attlee, speaking at a Lord Mayor’s luncheon. As the result of planned releases from the services and munitions, about. 4,000,000 persons would have changed their occupations between VJ Day and the end of the year. Mr Attlee said he did not claim Government planning and supervision had been faultless, but the absence of major dislocation and unemployment was some tribute to 1 the success with which it had been planned and executed. There were already encouraging and visible signs of increased production of the things everybody wanted. The Government regarded the revival of export trade as of prime importance. i “It is our firm intention that this country should be able to stand on its own feet at the earliest possible moment and therefore be master of its political as well as its economic destiny. We are seeking to get rid not only of the fear of war but of the fear of want. “There is far more agreement throughout Britain than ever before on the need for giving our people economic and social security. We are seeking to provide a great, all- ! embracing scheme worthy of a great j people.”