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I UJC. Government
Plans to Restrict
Growing Dock Strike
London, Thurs.: Sir Winston Churchill's
Cabinet, in an emergency session, today pre-
pared "secret plans for grappling with Lon-
don's growing dock strikes.
The 79-year-old * Prime
Minister .'hurried from an
official welcome to> Emper
! or Hailc Selassie of Ethi
| opia, to discuss "with his
Ministers the latest reports
of the strikes, now involv-
ing 30,000 men and tying up
230 ships.
Cabinet also gave atten-
tion to London's snowball-
ing bus strike.
Tlie Minister for Labor
(Sir Walter Mohckton) re-
ported to Cabinet on the
threat of the London
strikes spreading .through-
out Britain.
It was understood tonight
the Cabinet's "strike plan"
involved the eventual use
of troops to shift essential
dock cargoes. But it was
stressed in political circles
the Cabinet would not put
its plan into effect until it
considered a state of em-
ergency existed.
Food Snfc
It was understood Sir
Walter Monck ton, while
stressing the gravity of the
strikes and their threat to
Britain's industrial peace,
made it plain that Lon
I don's ^ food . supplies were
not immediately menaced. ;
I'. But traders have- report-
ed .that- food shortages are
developing in the London
area, "and fears have been
expressed that the. bottlihg
up of the Port of London
will soon - lead to''serious
shortages of imported . but -
ter. bacon, and canned
goods.
If the situation worsens.
Sir; Winston is expected to
set up an emergency com-
mittee pf Ministers and
senior officials to co-ordin-
ate Government action.
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