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BRITAIN'S
PERIL
Big Strikes
Looming
"The Age" Special Correspondent
in London.
Despite strenuous efforts of the
Labor Government to prevent -it,
Britain is threatened with a- wave
of! strikes, which, if riot curbed;1
may engulf, the entire industry
of- the nation. 1 ./: :
The country was thrown,, into
deep gloom to-day over .the-slg/-
nificance of the Ministry :.of La
bor - statement announcing '.that
negotiations on dockers', ./wage
claims had not. produced a/set
tlement. . . '
If last-minute intervention by
the Government fails ; to. settle
this long-standing dispute In / the'
next six days, another .'disastrous
dock strike will be precipitated,
endangering food. ' supplies ' of
48,000,000 people.'
Returning to- work after last
month's dock, strixe. which .was
not supported by' the union,
dockers declared they would
strike again if theib' demands
were . not met in a month,' of
which six 'days' .'remain'. - < ;
As a precaution , against emerj
genc.v, food ships are" being;:unt
loaded, with increased ra/p.idi.txJ
Meanwhile,' the noymal, every
day life of British people is be
ing made- extremely, difficult by
a' long series of stoppages and
go-slow strikes in other indus
tries and' public utilities.
After plunging the city-'- into
darkness . and depriving/ millions
of -housewives of heat for cook
ing family meals, London - gas
workers have returned to -work,
but the'; relief may be only;. tern?
porary, as Manchester and -Bir
mingham gas workers now
thrwten a nation-wide strike.
' The curfew- imposed "on coastal
districts in Palestine on Novem
ber 25 has been lifted.
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